JEE Type Practice Problems

Circle

  • A circle is the set of all points in a plane that are equidistant from a fixed point in the plane.
    The equation of a circle with centre \((h, k)\) and the radius \(r\) is
    \(
    (x-h)^2+(y-k)^2=r^2 .
    \)
  • The general equation of the circle is given by \(x^2+y^2+2 g x+2 f y+c=0\), where \(g, f\) and \(c\) are constants.
    (a) The centre of this circle is \((-g,-f)\)
    (b) The radius of the circle is \(\sqrt{g^2+f^2-c}\)
  • The general equation of the circle passing through the origin is given by \(x^2+y^2+2 g x+2 f y=0\).
  • General equation of second degree i.e., \(a x^2+2 h x y+b y^2+2 g x+2 f y+c=0\) represent a circle if (i) the coefficient of \(x^2\) equals the coefficient of \(y^2\), i.e., \(a=b \neq 0\) and (ii) the coefficient of \(x y\) is zero, i.e., \(h=0\).
  • The parametric equations of the circle \(x^2+y^2=r^2\) are given by \(x=r \cos \theta, y=r \sin \theta\) where \(\theta\) is the parameter and the parametric equations of the circle \((x-h)^2+(y-k)^2=r^2\) are given by
    \(
    \begin{aligned}
    x-h & =r \cos \theta, y-k=r \sin \theta \\
    x & =h+r \cos \theta, y=k+r \sin \theta .
    \end{aligned}
    \)

Parabola

  • A parabola is the set of all points in a plane that are equidistant from a fixed line and a fixed point in the plane.
  • The equation of the parabola with focus at \((a, 0) a>0\) and directrix \(x=-a\) is
    \(
    y^2=4 a x
    \)
  • Latus rectum of a parabola is a line segment perpendicular to the axis of the parabola, through the focus and whose end points lie on the parabola.
  • Length of the latus rectum of the parabola \(y^2=4 a x\) is \(4 a\).
  • Focal distance of a point: Let the equation of the parabola be \(y^2=4 a x\) and \(P (x, y)\) be a point on it. Then the distance of \(P\) from the focus \((a, 0)\) is called the focal distance of the point, i.e.,
    \(
    \begin{aligned}
    FP & =\sqrt{(x-a)^2+y^2} \\
    & =\sqrt{(x-a)^2+4 a x} \\
    & =\sqrt{(x+a)^2} \\
    & =|x+a|
    \end{aligned}
    \)

Ellipse

  • An ellipse is the set of all points in a plane, the sum of whose distances from two fixed points in the plane is a constant.
  • The equation of an ellipse with foci on the \(x\)-axis is \(\frac{x^2}{a^2}+\frac{y^2}{b^2}=1\).
  • Latus rectum of an ellipse is a line segment perpendicular to the major axis through any of the foci and whose end points lie on the ellipse.
  • Length of the latus rectum of the ellipse \(\frac{x^2}{a^2}+\frac{y^2}{b^2}=1\) is \(\frac{2 b^2}{a}\).
  • The eccentricity of an ellipse is the ratio between the distances from the centre of the ellipse to one of the foci and to one of the vertices of the ellipse.
  • We have two standard forms of the ellipse, i.e.,
    (i) \(\frac{x^2}{a^2}+\frac{y^2}{b^2}=1 \quad\) and
    (ii) \(\frac{x^2}{b^2}+\frac{y^2}{a^2}=1\),
    In both cases \(a>b\) and \(b^2=a^2\left(1-e^2\right), e<1\).
  • Focal Distance: The focal distance of a point \((x, y)\) on the ellipse \(\frac{x^2}{a^2}+\frac{y^2}{b^2}=1\) is
    \(a-e|x|\) from the nearer focus
    \(a+e|x|\) from the farther focus
  • Sum of the focal distances of any point on an ellipse is constant and equal to the length of the major axis.

Hyperbola

  • The equation of a hyperbola with foci on the \(x\)-axis is : \(\frac{x^2}{a^2}-\frac{y^2}{b^2}=1\)
  • Latus rectum of hyperbola is a line segment perpendicular to the transverse axis through any of the foci and whose end points lie on the hyperbola.
  • Length of the latus rectum of the hyperbola : \(\frac{x^2}{a^2}-\frac{y^2}{b^2}=1\) is: \(\frac{2 b^2}{a}\).
  • The eccentricity of a hyperbola is the ratio of the distances from the centre of the hyperbola to one of the foci and to one of the vertices of the hyperbola.
  • We have two standard forms of the hyperbola, i.e.,
    (i) \(\frac{x^2}{a^2}-\frac{y^2}{b^2}=1\) and
    (ii) \(\frac{y^2}{a^2}-\frac{x^2}{b^2}=1\)
    Here \(b^2=a^2\left(e^2-1\right), e>1\).
  • Focal distance: The focal distance of any point \((x, y)\) on the hyperbola \(\frac{x^2}{a^2}-\frac{y^2}{b^2}=1\) is \(e|x|-a\) from the nearer focus
    \(e|x|+a\) from the farther focus
    Differences of the focal distances of any point on a hyperbola is constant and equal to the length of the transverse axis.

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