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The eccentricity of an ellipse having centre at the origin, axes along the co-ordinate axes and passing through the points (4,-1) and (-2,2) is

JEE Main 2017 — Mathematics Coordinate Geometry

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The eccentricity of an ellipse having centre at the origin, axes along the co-ordinate axes and passing through the points (4,−1)(4,-1)(4,−1) and (−2,2)(-2,2)(−2,2) is

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Held on 9 Apr 2017 · Verified 6 Jul 2026.

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  1. A

    32\frac{\sqrt{3}}{2}23​​

  2. B

    34\frac{\sqrt{3}}{4}43​​

  3. C

    25\frac{2}{\sqrt{5}}5​2​

  4. D

    12\frac{1}{2}21​

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