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Locus of the midpoint of the join of a fixed point and a point moving on an ellipse

The same question, asked 2 times: 2021 Paper 23*, 26 Jun 2022. Every wording below, oldest first.

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  1. Question 1

    2021 Paper 23

    69
    The locus of mid-points of the line segments joining (−3,−5)( - 3, - 5) and the points on the ellipse x24+y29=1\frac{x^{2}}{4}+\frac{y^{2}}{9}= 1 is:

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  2. Question 2

    26 Jun 2022

    162
    The locus of the mid -point of the line segment joining the point (4,3)(4,3) and the points on the ellipse x2+2y2=4x^{2}+ 2y^{2}= 4 is an ellipse with eccentricity:

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