Q19 / 51 · JEE Advanced 2023 (Paper 1) · Mathematics
Let and be two distinct common tangents to the ellipse and the parabola . Suppose that the tangent touches and at the points and , respectively and the tangent touches and at the points and , respectively. Then which of the following statements is(are) true?
- Correct answerAThe area of the quadrilateral is square units
- BThe area of the quadrilateral is square units
- Correct answerCThe tangents and meet the -axis at the point
- DThe tangents and meet the -axis at the point
Solution
Given,
Equation of ellipse
,
Now equation of tangent with slope will be :
And equation of parabola,
,
So, equation of tangent with slope will be:
Now for common tangent
Hence, equation of common tangents will be,
and
Now we know that,
Point of contact for parabola is
Now let
So, equation of tangent to ellipse at point is given by,
Now comparing above equation with ,
We get,
Now is mirror image of in -axis

Now finding the intersection point of and , we get
So, Area of quadrilateral square units
Hence, the correct answer is options: 'A', 'C'.