Let the foci and length of the latus rectum of an ellipse $\frac{x^2}{a^2}+\frac{y^2}{b^2}=1, a>b b e( \pm 5,0)$ and $\sqrt{50}$, respectively. Then, the square of the eccentricity of the hyperbola $\frac{x^2}{b^2}-\frac{y^2}{a^2 b^2}=1$ equals
Answer (integer)
51
Solution
<p>$$\begin{aligned}
& \text { focii } \equiv( \pm 5,0) ; \frac{2 b^2}{a}=\sqrt{50} \\
& a=5 \quad b^2=\frac{5 \sqrt{2} a}{2} \\
& b^2=a^2\left(1-e^2\right)=\frac{5 \sqrt{2} a}{2}
\end{aligned}$$</p>
<p>$$\begin{aligned}
& \Rightarrow \mathrm{a}\left(1-\mathrm{e}^2\right)=\frac{5 \sqrt{2}}{2} \\
& \Rightarrow \frac{5}{\mathrm{e}}\left(1-\mathrm{e}^2\right)=\frac{5 \sqrt{2}}{2} \\
& \Rightarrow \sqrt{2}-\sqrt{2} \mathrm{e}^2=\mathrm{e} \\
& \Rightarrow \sqrt{2} \mathrm{e}^2+\mathrm{e}-\sqrt{2}=0 \\
& \Rightarrow \sqrt{2} \mathrm{e}^2+2 \mathrm{e}-\mathrm{e}-\sqrt{2}=0 \\
& \Rightarrow \sqrt{2} \mathrm{e}(\mathrm{e}+\sqrt{2})-1(1+\sqrt{2})=0 \\
& \Rightarrow(\mathrm{e}+\sqrt{2})(\sqrt{2} \mathrm{e}-1)=0 \\
& \therefore \mathrm{e} \neq-\sqrt{2} ; \mathrm{e}=\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}}
\end{aligned}$$</p>
<p>$$\begin{aligned}
& \frac{\mathrm{x}^2}{\mathrm{~b}^2}-\frac{\mathrm{y}^2}{\mathrm{a}^2 \mathrm{~b}^2}=1 \quad \mathrm{a}=5 \sqrt{2} \\
& b=5 \\
& a^2 b^2=b^2\left(e_1^2-1\right) \Rightarrow e_1^2=51 \\
&
\end{aligned}$$</p>
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Subject: Mathematics · Chapter: Conic Sections · Topic: Parabola
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