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The locus of a point moving under the condition that the line is a tangent to the hyperbola is:

  1. A
    an ellipse
  2. B
    a circle
  3. C
    a parabola
  4. D
    a hyperbola

Solution & Step-by-step Explanation

The condition for a line to be a tangent to the hyperbola is:

For the line , we have and .Substituting these values:

To find the locus of , replace with and with :


This is the equation of a hyperbola.

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The locus of a point moving under the condition that the line is a tangent to the hyperbola is:
A
an ellipse
B
a circle
C
a parabola
D
a hyperbola

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