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" Prove that the locus of the point of intersection of the tangents at P, Q, is a straight line. Shew that this straight line passes through the intersection of the directrices of the conic sections, and that the sines of the angles which it makes with... "
An Elementary Treatise on Trilinear Co-ordinates: The Method of Reciprocal ... - Page 128
by Norman Macleod Ferrers - 1890 - 184 pages
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A treatise on plane co-ordinate geometry

Isaac Todhunter - 1855 - 376 pages
...a common focus S through which any radius vector is drawn meeting the curves in P, Q, respectively. Prove that the locus of the point of intersection of the tangents at P, Q, is a straight line. Shew that this straight line passes through the intersection of the directrices...
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A Treatise on Plane Co-ordinate Geometry as Applied to the Straight Line and ...

Isaac Todhunter - Conic sections - 1858 - 334 pages
...common fociis S through which any radius vector is drawn meeting the curves in P, Q, respectively. Prove that the locus of the point of intersection of the tangents at P, Q, is a straight line. Shew that this straight line passes through the intersection of the directrices...
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A Collection of Problems and Theorems, with Hints, Results, and Occasional ...

Robert Henry Wright - Coordinates, Trilinear - 1865 - 174 pages
...—w = 0. ^XV^^+XX'^0. ..(10), ..(11), therefore which establishes the theorem. 119. Having given a focus and two points of a conic section, prove that the locus of the intersection of the tangents at these points will be two straight lines, passing through the focus,...
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A Book of Mathematical Problems on Subjects Included in the Cambridge Course

Joseph Wolstenholme - Mathematics - 1867 - 368 pages
...intersect in A, B, C, D • through D is drawn a straight line to meet the curves again in two points ; prove that the locus of the point of intersection of the tangents at these points is a curve of the fourth degree and third class, having cusps at A, B, C, and touching both conies....
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A Treatise on Plane Co-ordinate Geometry as Applied to the Straight Line and ...

Isaac Todhunter - Conic sections - 1874 - 378 pages
...common focus 8 through which any radius vector is drawn meeting the curves at P, Q, respectively. Shew that the locus of the point of intersection of the tangents at P, Q, is a straight line. Shew that this straight line passes through the intersection of the directrices...
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An elementary treatise on conic sections

Charles Smith - Conic sections - 1883 - 388 pages
...parabola make angles with the axis such that the product of the tangents of their halves is constant; prove that the locus of the point of intersection of the tangents is a confocal parabola, 50. If the circle described on the chord PQ of a parabola as diameter cut the...
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The Educational Times, and Journal of the College of Preceptors, Volume 68

Education - 1915 - 412 pages
...17625.)— A circle touches a limaeon at P and Q, the points of contact being on different loops. Show that the locus of the point of intersection of the tangents at P and Q is a cissoid. Solution (I) by CE YOUNOMAN, MA Let S be the node and SOX a diameter of the directrix...
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An Elementary Treatise on Conic Sections by the Methods of Co-ordinate Geometry

Charles Smith - Conic sections - 1916 - 466 pages
...parabola make angles with the axis such that the product of the tangents of their halves is constant ; prove that the locus of the point of intersection of the tangents is a confocal parabola. 50. If the circle described on the chord PQ of a parabola as diameter cut the...
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Cartesian of the Plane

352 pages
...ellipse 3x2 + 4?/2 = 28 whose mid-point is the point (1, 1). Find also the length of this chord. 10. Prove that the locus of the point of intersection of the tangents at the ends of conjugate diameters of the ellipse a;2/a2 + 2/2/62 = 1 is the ellipse x2/a2 + i/2/62 =...
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A Textbook Of Analytical Geometry Of Two Dimensions

Jain, P.K. - Geometry, Analytic - 1986 - 378 pages
...the chord. Prove that the locus of the point of intersection of the normals is another parabola. 20. Prove that the locus of the point of intersection of the tangents to the parabola is a line parallel to j-axis. 21. If a chord of the parabola y"=4ax subtends a right...
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