ellipse

The minimum are of triangle formed by any tangent to ellipse x2a+y2b=1 with the coordinate axes is :

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Dr.House ·

Answer is 'ab'

http://www.askiitians.com/forums/Analytical-Geometry/24/28620/ellipse.htm

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Manish Shankar ·

Equation of tangent to ellipse is

xcosθ/a+ysinθ/a=1

find the coordinates and ares

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