WORKSHEET
SUBJECT: MATHEMATICS CLASS -XI
CONIC SECTIONS
CIRCLE
1. Find the equation of a circle whose centre is (-2, 3) and radius is 4.
2. Find the equation of the circle with centre (2, 2) and which passes through the point (4,5).
3. Find the equation of a circle having (1, -2) as its centre and passing through the intersection of the lines
3 𝑥 + 𝑦 = 14 and 2 𝑥 + 5 𝑦 = 18.
4. If two diameters of a circle lie along the lines 𝑥 - 𝑦 - 9 = 0 and 𝑥 -2 𝑦 -7=0 and the area of the circle is 38.5 sq. units, find its
equation.
5. Find the equations of circles which pass through the point (3, 6) and touch both the axes.
6. Find the equation of a circle which touches both the axes and the line 3 𝑥 - 4 𝑦 + 8 = 0 and lies in the third quadrant.
7. Find the equation of a circle whose centre is (3, -1) and which cuts off a chord of length 6 units on the line 2 𝑥 - 5 𝑦 + 18 = 0.
8. Find the equation of the circle passing through (0, 0) and which makes intercepts a and b on the coordinate axes.
9. Find the equation of the smallest circle passing through the points A (1, 0) and B (0, 1).
10. Find the centre and the radius of the circle 𝑥 ² + 𝑦 ² - 8 𝑥 + 10 𝑦 -12 = 0.
11. Which of the following equations represent a circle? If so, determine its centre and radius:
a. 3 𝑥 ²+3 𝑦 ²+6 𝑥 = 4 𝑦 +1
12. Prove that the centres of three circles
𝑥 2+ 𝑦 2-4 𝑥 -6 𝑦 -14=0, 𝑥 2 + 𝑦 ² + 2 𝑥 + 4 𝑦 -5 = 0 and 𝑥 2+ 𝑦 2- 10 𝑥 -16 𝑦 +7 = 0 are collinear.
13. If the line 𝑦 = √3 𝑥 + k touches the circle 𝑥 ² + 𝑦 ² = 16, then find the value of k.
14. Find the equation of a circle of radius 5 which is touching another circle 𝑥 ²+ 𝑦 ²-2 𝑥 -4 𝑦 - 20 = 0 at the point (5, 5).
15. Find the equation of the circle passing through the point (7, 3) having radius 3 units and whose centre lies on the line
𝑦 = 𝑥 - 1.
16. Find the equation of the circle passing through the points (1, -2), (5, 4) and (10, 5).
17. Show that the points (7, 5), (6, -2), (-1, -1) and (0, 6) are concyclic. Also find the radius and the centre of the circle on which
they lie.
18. Find the equation of the circle circumscribing the triangle formed by the straight lines
𝑥 + 𝑦 =6, 2 𝑥 + 𝑦 = 4 and 𝑥 + 2 𝑦 = 5.
PARABOLA
1. Find the coordinates of focus, the equation of axis, the equation of the directrix and the length of latus-rectum of the parabola
represented by the equation 3 𝑦 2 = 8 𝑥 .
2. Find the coordinates of focus, the equation of directrix and the length of latus-rectum of the conic represented by the equation
5 𝑥 2 = - 12 𝑦 .
3. Find the equation of the parabola with focus (6,0) and directrix 𝑥 = -6. Also find the length of latus-rectum.
4. Find the equation of the parabola with focus at (6, 0) and directrix the line 𝑥 = 0. Also find the length of latus-rectum.
5. Find the equation of a parabola with focus at (-1, -2) and directrix 𝑥 - 2 𝑦 + 3 = 0.
6. If the points (0, 4) and (0, 2) are respectively the vertex and focus of a parabola, then find the equation of the parabola.
7. Find the equation of parabola whose vertex is the point (-3, 0) and directrix is the line 𝑥 + 5 = 0.
8. A double ordinate of the parabola 𝑦 ² = 4a𝑥 is of length 8a. Prove that the lines from the vertex to its ends are at right angles.
9. An equilateral triangle is inscribed in the parabola 𝑦 ² = 4a𝑥, whose one vertex is at the vertex of the parabola. Find the length
of the side of the triangle.
ELLIPSE
1. Find the coordinates of foci, the vertices, the lengths of major axis, minor axis, latus-rectum and the eccentricity of the conic
represented by the equation 4𝑥 2 + 9𝑦2 = 36.
2. If the distance between foci of an ellipse is 6 and length of minor axis is 8, then find its eccentricity.
3. Find the equation of the ellipse whose vertices are (±6, 0) and foci are (±4, 0).
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4. Find the equation of the ellipse whose eccentricity is , length of latus-rectum is 5, centre is (0, 0) and the major axis lies on
3
𝑥-axis.
5. Find the equation of the ellipse with centre at origin, major axis on the 𝑥-axis and passing through the points (4, 3) and (6, 2).
6. Find the equation of the ellipse whose foci are (2, 3), (-2, 3) and whose semi-minor axis is √5.
ECCENTRICITY
1. Find the coordinates of foci, the vertices, the lengths of transverse axis, conjugate axis, latus-rectum and eccentricity of the
conic represented by the equation 16 𝑥 ² - 9 𝑦 ² = 144.
2. Find the coordinates of foci, the vertices, the lengths of transverse axis, conjugate axis, latus-rectum and eccentricity of the
hyperbolas represented by the equation 𝑦2 - 16 𝑥 2 = 16.
√11
3. Find the equation of the hyperbola with foci (0, ±3) and vertices (0, ± ).
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4. Find the equation of the hyperbola if its foci are (±3√5, 0) and the length of the latus-rectum is 8.
5. Find the equation of the hyperbola whose centre is at origin, transverse axis lies along 𝑥 -axis, length of transverse axis is 7
and passes through the point (5, -2).
6. Find the equation of the hyperbola whose foci are (0, ± √10) and passing through the point (2, 3).
𝑥2 𝑦2
7. If the hyperbola - = 1 passes through the points (3, 0) and (3√2, 2), then find its eccentricity.
𝑎2 𝑏2
8. Find the equation of the hyperbola with centre at origin, transverse axis along 𝑥 -axis, eccentricity
√5 and sum of whose semi-axes is 9.
APPLICATIONS
1. The focus of the parabolic mirror shown in the adjoining figure is at a distance of 5 cm from its vertex. If the mirror is 45 cm
deep, find the distance AB.
2. If a parabolic reflector is 20 cm in diameter and 5 cm deep, find the focus.
3. The girder of a railway bridge is a parabola with its vertex at the highest point, 10 metres above the ends. If the span is 100
metres, find its height at 20 metres from the mid-point.
4. The cable of a uniformly loaded bridge hangs in the form of a parabola. The roadway which is horizontal and 100 m long is
supported by vertical wires attached to the cable, the longest wire being 30 m and the shortest being 6 m. Find the length of
the supporting wire attached to the roadway 18 m from the middle.
5. An arc is in the form of a semi-ellipse. It is 8 m wide and 2 m high at the centre. Find the height of the arc at a point 1.5 m
from one end.
6. The shortest distance of the point (8, 1) from the circle (𝑥 + 2)2 + (𝑦 - 1) ² = 25 is
a) 15 b) 10 c) 5 d) 6
