The locus of the point which is such that the chord of contact of tangents drawn from it to the ellipse forms a triangle of constant area with the coordinate axes is |
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a) |
A straight line |
b) |
A hyperbola |
c) |
An ellipse |
d) |
A circle |
The locus of the point which is such that the chord of contact of tangents drawn from it to the ellipse forms a triangle of constant area with the coordinate axes is |
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a) |
A straight line |
b) |
A hyperbola |
c) |
An ellipse |
d) |
A circle |
(b)
The chord of contact of tangents from is
It meets the axes at the points and
Area of the triangle is (constant)
( is constant)
is the required locus