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Locus Problems
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Properties of Ellipse
 Properties of Ellipse

1 The portion of a tangent to an ellipse between the point of

contact and the directrix subtends a right angle at the
corresponding focus.
Properties of Ellipse
 Properties of Ellipse

2 The tangents at the extremities of a focal chord intersect on

the directrix, and hence a circle on any focal chord as
diameter touches the directrix.
Properties of Ellipse
 Properties of Ellipse

3 Feet of perpendiculars from foci on any tangent to the ellipse

lie on the auxiliary circle and the product of their lengths is
equal to b2.
Properties of Ellipse
 Properties of Ellipse

4 Reflection Property: Rays emanating from one focus of the

ellipse, after reflection from the ellipse, pass through the
second focus of that ellipse.

NOTE: The tangent & normal at a point P on the ellipse bisect the
external & internal angles between the focal distances of P.
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