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Let the maximum area of the triangle that can be inscribed in the ellipse , having one of its vertices at one end of the major axis of the ellipse and one of its sides parallel to the -axis, be . Then the eccentricity of the ellipse is:
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Plotting the diagram as per given information we get,
Now finding area of the triangle we get,
Differentiating to get maxima and minima we get,
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