The tangent at an extremity (in the first quadrant) of the latus rectum of the hyperbola , meets the -axis and -axis at and , respectively. Then , where is the origin, equals
The tangent at an extremity (in the first quadrant) of the latus rectum of the hyperbola x ⁡ 2 4 - y…
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Solution
Hyperbola,
Extremity of in first quadrant
Equation of tangent to the hyperbola at is
To find the point on --axis, put
To find the point on -axis, put
Now,
Asked in: JEE Main 2014 (19 Apr Online)