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The length of the latus rectum of the ellipse \(16 x^2+25 y^2=400\) is

  1. A \(5 / 16\) unit
  2. B \(32 / 5\) unit
  3. C \(16 / 5\) unit
  4. D \(5 / 32\) unit
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(B) \(32 / 5\) unit

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Hints : Length of latus rectum \(=2 \frac{b^2}{a}=\frac{2 \times 16}{5}=\frac{32}{5}\) \(\begin{aligned} & 16 x^2+25 y^2=400 \\ & \frac{x^2}{25}+\frac{y^2}{16}=1 \\ & a^2=25 ; b^2=16 \end{aligned}\)