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COMEDK · Maths · 14. Ellipse

If the length of the major axis of an ellipse is 3 times the length of the minor axis, then its eccentricity is

  1. A \(\dfrac{1}{\sqrt{2}}\)
  2. B \(\dfrac{2 \sqrt{2}}{3}\)
  3. C \(\dfrac{1}{\sqrt{3}}\)
  4. D \(\dfrac{2}{\sqrt{3}}\)
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(B) \(\dfrac{2 \sqrt{2}}{3}\)

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Let the length of the major axis be \(2a\) and the length of the minor axis be \(2b\). Given that the length of the major axis is 3 times the length of the minor axis, we have \(2a = 3(2b)\), which simplifies to \(a = 3b\). The eccentricity \(e\) of an ellipse is given by the…