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If tangents are drawn to the ellipse at the ends of latus recta, then the area of the quadrilateral thus formed is
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The given equation of the ellipse is,
The eccentricity of the ellipse is,
The coordinates of the endpoints of latus rectum are
and
The equations of tangents at these points are,
By solving the above equations,
And
The area of the quadrilateral is,
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