Locus of the point dividing the join of a fixed point and a point moving on a conic
This type of question, asked 5 times: 2021 Paper 1, 2021 Paper 23, 2021 Paper 26, 26 Jun 2022, 10 Apr 2023. All 5 questions below, oldest first.
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Question 1
2021 Paper 1
61The locus of the mid-point of the line segment joining the focus of the parabola to moving point of the parabola, is another parabola whose directrix is: .Tap an option to check your answer.
Question 2
2021 Paper 23
69The locus of mid-points of the line segments joining and the points on the ellipse is:Tap an option to check your answer.
Question 3
2021 Paper 26
65If the locus of the mid-point of the line segment from the point to a point on the circle, is a circle of the radius , then is equal to:Tap an option to check your answer.
Question 4
26 Jun 2022
162The locus of the mid -point of the line segment joining the point and the points on the ellipse is an ellipse with eccentricity:Tap an option to check your answer.
Question 5
10 Apr 2023
157Let be the point and be any point on the curve . If the centre of the locus of the point , which divides the line segment in the ratio is the point , then the length of the line segment isTap an option to check your answer.