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Parabola

Question

The length of focal chord to the parabola y2=12x drawn from the point (3, 6) on it is________.

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Solution

a = 3 Comparing point (3, 6) with 3t2,6t

we have t = 1.Then Length of chord at+1t2=3(1+1)2=12.



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