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The eccentricity of the hyperbola whose length of the latus rectum isequal to 8 and the length of its conjugate axis is equal to half of thedistance between its foci, is :(1) `4/3`(2) `4/(sqrt(3))`(3) `2/(sqrt(3))`(4) `sqrt(3)`A. `(4)/(3)`B. `(4)/(sqrt(3))`C. `(2)/(sqrt(3))`D. `sqrt(3)`

Answer» We have, `(2b^(2))/(a)=8 and 2b=ae`
` rArr b^(2)=4a and 2b=ae`
consider, `2b=ae`
`rArr 4b^(2)=a^(2)e^(2)`
`rArr 4a^(2)(e^(2)-1)=a^(2)e^(2)`
`rArr 4e^(2)-4=e^(2) " "[ because a ne 0]`
` rArr 3e^(2)=4`
`rArr e=(2)/(sqrt(3)) " "[because e gt 0]`


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