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Standard XII
Mathematics
Conjugate Hyperbola
If e,e1 are...
Question
If
e
,
e
1
are the eccentricities of hyperbola and its conjugate hyperbola prove that
1
e
2
+
1
e
2
1
=
1
.
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Solution
Let,
x
2
a
2
−
y
2
b
2
=
1
---------------(1) and
y
2
b
2
−
x
2
a
2
=
1
---------------------(2) are two hyperbola conjugate to each other.
Also let,
e
and
e
1
are the eccentricities of (1) and (2) respectively.
Then,
e
2
=
1
+
b
2
a
2
and
e
2
1
=
1
+
a
2
b
2
⟹
1
1
+
b
2
a
2
+
1
1
+
a
2
b
2
=
1
a
2
+
b
2
a
2
+
1
b
2
+
a
2
b
2
=
a
2
a
2
+
b
2
+
b
2
b
2
+
a
2
=
a
2
+
b
2
a
2
+
b
2
=
1
(Proved)
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