Q. If a bar of given length moves with its extremities on two fixed straight lines at right angles, then the locus of any point on bar marked on the bar describes a/an

A) Circle
B) Parabola
C) Ellipse
D) Hyperbola
Explanation

(c)
Obviously it is an ellipse, because the normal and tangent at point $P$ of an ellipse bisect the internal and external angles between the focal distance of the point

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