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consider an ellipse whose centre is at the origin and it's major axis is along the x axis. if it's eccentricity is 3/5 and the distance between it's foci is 6 , then the area of the quadrilateral inscribed in the ellipse is


Anand Kumar 17th Nov, 2019
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ADITYA KUMAR Student Expert 17th Nov, 2019
Hello there!

Greetings!


We know that ,Area of the quadrilateral inscribed in the ellipse i.e. kite

=1/2(product of its diagonals)



Now it is given, eccentricity e=3/5

Distance between foci= 6



Then,2ae=6

Or,ae=3

a(3/5)=3

Or, a=5

Now, b^2= a^2-(ae)^2
= b^2= 5^2-3^2
Or,b=4

Now, length of major axis, AA'=2a=10

And length of minor axis, BB'=2b=8

Required area

=Area of the kite ABA'B'

=1/2(AA')(BB')

=1/2(10)(8)

=1/2(80)

=40 square units


Thankyou

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