Statement 1: Locus of z satisfying the equation |z−1|+|z−8|=5 is an ellipse. Statement 2: Sum of focal distances of any point on ellipse is constant.
A
Both the statements are true, and Statement 2 is the correct explanation for Statement 1.
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B
Both the statements are true, but Statement 2 is not the correct explanation for Statement 1.
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C
Statement 1 is true and Statement 2 is false.
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D
Statement 1 is false and Statement 2 is true.
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Solution
The correct option is B Statement 1 is false and Statement 2 is true. Statement 2 is true as it is the definition of an ellipse. Statement 1 is false as distance between 1 and 8 is 7 but |z−1|+|z−8|=5<7. Hence no such z exists.