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A bar of given length moves with its extremitieson two fixed straight lines at right angles. Show that any point on the bardescribes an ellipse. |
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Answer» OX and OY are fixed lines AB is bar, Let point P(x,y) on AB it divides the line AB in a:b draw PM`_|_`OY and PL`_|_`OX `PM=x=acostheta` `x/a=costheta` `PL=y=bsintheta` `y/b=sintheta` `cos^2theta+sin^2theta=1` `(x/a)^2+(y/b)^2=1` `x^2/a^2+y^2/b^2=1`. |
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