Form the differential equation representing the family of ellipses having the center at the origin and foci on the x - axis.
Equation of required ellipse is
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Where a,b are arbitrary constants
Differentiating (i) with respect to x we get,
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Now, differentiating (ii) with respect to x we get,

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The required differential equation is ![]()
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