Home
Class 11
MATHS
A rod of length 12 cm moves with its end...

A rod of length 12 cm moves with its ends always touching the coordinates axes. Determine the equation of the locus of a point P on the rod, which is 3 cm from the end-in contact with x-axis.

Promotional Banner

Topper's Solved these Questions

  • CONIC SECTIONS

    MODERN PUBLICATION|Exercise EXERCISE|478 Videos
  • COMPLEX NUMBERS

    MODERN PUBLICATION|Exercise EXERCISE|291 Videos
  • INFINITE SERIES

    MODERN PUBLICATION|Exercise EXAMPLE|10 Videos

Similar Questions

Explore conceptually related problems

A rod of length 12 cm moves with its ends alwaystouching the coordinate axes. Determine the equation of the locus of a point P on the rod, which is 3 cm from the end in contact with the x-axis.

Tangents are drawn from the point P(3,4) to the ellipse x^(2)/9+y^(2)/4=1 touching the ellipse at point A and B. Q. The equation of the locus of the points whose distance from the point P and the line AB are equal, is

The ends of a rod of length l move on two mutually perpendicular lines. Find the locus of the point on the rod which divides it in the ratio 1 : 2.

Find the equation of the locus of a point which moves so that the difference of its distances from the points (3, 0) and (-3, 0) is 4 units.

Find the equation of the circle which touches the coordinate axes and whose centre lies on the line x-2y=3.

A circle of constant radius a passes through the origin O and cuts the axes of coordinates at points P and Q . Then the equation of the locus of the foot of perpendicular from O to P Q is

If a rod AB of length 2 units slides on coordinate axes in the first quadrant. An equilateral triangle ABC is completed with C on the side away from O. Then, locus of C is

The angle between a pair of tangents from a point P to the circle x^2 + y^2 = 25 is pi/3 . Find the equation of the locus of the point P.

A rod AB of length 15 cm rests in between two co-ordinate axes in such a way that the end point A lies on the x-axis and end point B lies on y-axis. A point P (x, y) is taken on the rod in such a way that AP = 6 cm. Prove that the locus of P is an ellipse.

Find the locus of a point which moves such that its distance from the origin is three times its distance from x-axis.

MODERN PUBLICATION-CONIC SECTIONS-EXERCISE
  1. Find the centre, length of the axes, eccentricity and foci of the elli...

    Text Solution

    |

  2. In the ellipse 25x^(2)+9y^(2)-150x-90y+225=0

    Text Solution

    |

  3. A rod of length 12 cm moves with its ends always touching the coordina...

    Text Solution

    |

  4. A man running a race-course notes that the sum of the distances from t...

    Text Solution

    |

  5. Find the co-ordinates of the vertices, the foci, the eccentricity and ...

    Text Solution

    |

  6. Find the co-ordinates of the vertices, the foci, the eccentricity and ...

    Text Solution

    |

  7. Find the co-ordinates of the vertices, the foci, the eccentricity and ...

    Text Solution

    |

  8. Find the co-ordinates of the vertices, the foci, the eccentricity and ...

    Text Solution

    |

  9. Find the co-ordinates of the vertices, the foci, the eccentricity and ...

    Text Solution

    |

  10. Find the coordinates of the foci and the vertices, the ecentricity and...

    Text Solution

    |

  11. Find the co-ordinates of the vertices, the foci, the eccentricity and ...

    Text Solution

    |

  12. Find the co-ordinates of the vertices, the foci, the eccentricity and ...

    Text Solution

    |

  13. Find the lengths of transverse and conjugate axes, co-ordinates of foc...

    Text Solution

    |

  14. Find the lengths of transverse and conjugate axes, co-ordinates of foc...

    Text Solution

    |

  15. Find the lengths of transverse and conjugate axes, co-ordinates of foc...

    Text Solution

    |

  16. Find the equations of the hyperbola satisfying the given conditions. ...

    Text Solution

    |

  17. Find the equations of the hyperbola satisfying the given conditions. ...

    Text Solution

    |

  18. Find the equation of the hyperbola satisfying the given condition : ...

    Text Solution

    |

  19. Find the equation of the hyperbola satisfying the given condition : ...

    Text Solution

    |

  20. Find the equation of the hyperbola satisfying the given condition : ...

    Text Solution

    |