JEE Main 2023MathematicsEllipseQuestion Based On Basic Definition And Parametric RepresentationmediumMCQ

JEE Main 2023Ellipse Question with Solution

From: JEE Main 2023 (Online) 6th April Evening Shift

Question

In a group of 100 persons 75 speak English and 40 speak Hindi. Each person speaks at least one of the two languages. If the number of persons, who speak only English is and the number of persons who speak only Hindi is , then the eccentricity of the ellipse is :

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Correct answer
C

Step-by-step explanation

Let be the person speak, English



and be the person speak Hindi



Let number of persons who speak both English and Hindi are .

JEE Main 2023 (Online) 6th April Evening Shift Mathematics - Ellipse Question 27 English Explanation


From Equations (i) and (ii),

From Equations (i) and (iii), and from Eq. (i),

We have, equation of ellipse



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