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JEE Mains · Maths · STD 11 - 10.2 parabola,ellipse,hyperbola

If the distance between the foci of an ellipse is half the length of its latus rectum, then the eccentricity of the ellipse is

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

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Focus of an ellipse is given as \(\left( { \pm ae,0} \right)\) distance between then \(=2ae\) According to the quation, \(2ae = \frac{{{b^2}}}{a}\) \( \Rightarrow 2{a^2}e = {b^2} = {a^2}\left( {1 - {e^2}} \right)\)…
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