Conic Sections Question 20

Question: The angle between the pair of tangents drawn to the ellipse $ 3x^{2}+2y^{2}=5 $ from the point (1, 2), is

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Options:

A) $ {{\tan }^{-1}}( \frac{12}{5} ) $

B) $ {{\tan }^{-1}}(6\sqrt{5}) $

C) $ {{\tan }^{-1}}( \frac{12}{\sqrt{5}} ) $

D) $ {{\tan }^{-1}}(12\sqrt{5}) $

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Answer:

Correct Answer: C

Solution:

$ SS_1=T^{2} $

$ \tan \theta =2\frac{\sqrt{h^{2}-ab}}{a+b},a=9 $ , $ b=-4 $ and $ h=-12 $ .