Question 15 Marks
Find the coordinates of the foci, the vertices, the length of major axis, the minor axis, the eccentricity and the length of the latus rectum of the ellipse.
$\frac{x^2}{100}+\frac{y^2}{400}=1$
$\frac{x^2}{100}+\frac{y^2}{400}=1$
Answer
View full question & answer→The equation of given ellipse is $\frac{x^2}{100}+\frac{y^2}{400}=1$
Now $400>100 \Rightarrow a^2=400$ and $b^2=100$
So the equation of ellipse in standard form is $\frac{y^2}{a^2}+\frac{x^2}{b^2}=1$
$\therefore a^2=400 \Rightarrow a=20$ and $b^2=100 \Rightarrow b=10$
We know that $c=\sqrt{a^2-b^2}$
$\begin{array}{l}\therefore c=\sqrt{400-100}=\sqrt{300}=10 \sqrt{3} \\ \therefore \text { Coordinates of foci are }(0, \pm c) \text { i.e. }(0, \pm 10 \sqrt{3}) \\ \text { Coordinates of vertices are }(0, \pm a) \text { i.e. }(0, \pm 20)\end{array}$
$\begin{array}{l}\text { Length of major axis }=2 a =2 \times 20=40 \\ \text { Length of minor axis }=2 b=2 \times 10=20\end{array}$
Eccentricity $( e )=\frac{c}{a}=\frac{10 \sqrt{3}}{20}=\frac{\sqrt{3}}{2}$
Length of latus rectum $=\frac{2 b^2}{a}=\frac{2 \times 100}{20}=10$
Now $400>100 \Rightarrow a^2=400$ and $b^2=100$
So the equation of ellipse in standard form is $\frac{y^2}{a^2}+\frac{x^2}{b^2}=1$
$\therefore a^2=400 \Rightarrow a=20$ and $b^2=100 \Rightarrow b=10$
We know that $c=\sqrt{a^2-b^2}$
$\begin{array}{l}\therefore c=\sqrt{400-100}=\sqrt{300}=10 \sqrt{3} \\ \therefore \text { Coordinates of foci are }(0, \pm c) \text { i.e. }(0, \pm 10 \sqrt{3}) \\ \text { Coordinates of vertices are }(0, \pm a) \text { i.e. }(0, \pm 20)\end{array}$
$\begin{array}{l}\text { Length of major axis }=2 a =2 \times 20=40 \\ \text { Length of minor axis }=2 b=2 \times 10=20\end{array}$
Eccentricity $( e )=\frac{c}{a}=\frac{10 \sqrt{3}}{20}=\frac{\sqrt{3}}{2}$
Length of latus rectum $=\frac{2 b^2}{a}=\frac{2 \times 100}{20}=10$
