JEE Main 2012 — Ellipse Question with Solution
JEE Main 2012 (Offline)
Question
An ellipse is drawn by taking a diameter of the circle as its semiminor axis and a diameter of the circle as its semi-major axis. If the centre of the ellipse is the origin and its axes are the coordinate axes, then the equation of the ellipse is
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D
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Semi minor axis
Semi major axis
Equation of ellipse
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