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JEE • MATHEMATICS • PARABOLA
Parabola practice · Mixed difficulty
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Let be a conic. Let be the focus and be the point on the axis of the conic such that where is any point on the conic. If is the ordinate of the centroid of the then is equal to
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Correct option: D
The correct answer is D () because it is the limit of the ordinate of the centroid of the triangle SAB as t approaches 1, calculated using the properties of the conic and the given geometric conditions.
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Find length of focal chord of parabola which is perpendicular to line
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Correct option: B
Option B () is correct because the length of the focal chord perpendicular to the given line is calculated using the formula , where is the angle the chord makes with the x-axis.
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The focus of the parabola is
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Correct option: C
Option C (2,2) is correct because the focus of the parabola is found by comparing the given equation with the standard equation and calculating the focus using the vertex and the value of 'a'.
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The number of distinct normals that can be drawn from to the parabola , is
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Correct option: A
1
Option A (1) is correct because only one normal can be drawn from the point (-2, 1) to the given parabola.
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If , then the axis of parabola is
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Correct option: A
Option A () is correct because the axis of the parabola is found by completing the square and identifying the x-coordinate of the vertex.
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The centre of the conic is
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Correct option: A
Option A (2,3) is correct because it is found by solving the partial derivatives of the conic equation with respect to x and y.
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If the line is a tangent to the parabola then is equal to
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Correct option: A
Option A () is correct because if the line is a tangent to the parabola , then is equal to .
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The equation of a line touching both the parabolas and , is
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Correct option: D
Option D () is correct because by finding the tangent to the first parabola and then applying the condition for tangency to the second parabola, we arrive at this equation.
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The coordinates of the extremities of the latus rectum of the parabola are
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Correct option: B
Option B () is correct because these are the coordinates of the endpoints of the latus rectum for the given parabola.
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If the common tangent to the parabolas and also touches the circle , then is equal to
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Correct option: A
Option A () is correct because the common tangent's distance from the origin equals the radius of the circle, leading to c = .
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The area of the triangle inscribed in the parabola the ordinates of whose vertices are 1,2 and 4 is
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Correct option: D
sq. units
Option D ( sq. units) is correct because it is the area of the triangle calculated using the formula for the area of a triangle inscribed in a parabola.
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The equation of the parabola whose vertex and focus are on the positive side of the -axis at distances and respectively from the origin, is
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Correct option: A
Option A () is correct because it represents a parabola with the given vertex and focus, with the correct latus rectum length.
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If is the vertex and -axis the directrix of a parabola, then its focus is
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Correct option: C
Option C () is correct because the focus is equidistant from the vertex as the directrix, but on the opposite side.
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is any focal chord of the parabola . The length of can never be less than
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Correct option: C
32 units
Option C (32 units) is correct because the shortest focal chord is the latus rectum, and for the parabola , the length of the latus rectum is .
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A triangle of area is inscribed in the parabola such that is the vertex and is a focal chord of the parabola. The difference of the ordinates of and is
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Correct option: A
The correct answer is because it represents the difference of the ordinates of B and C, calculated using the area of the triangle and the properties of the parabola.
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The point on nearest to the focus has its abscissa equal to
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Correct option: D
0
Option D (0) is correct because the distance from any point on the parabola to the focus is minimized when the point is at the vertex.
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The equation of the parabola whose vertex is , axis is vertical, and which passes through the point , is
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Correct option: A
Option A () is correct because substituting the vertex and the given point into the parabola equation yields this result.
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If the line is a tangent to the parabola , then the point of contact is
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Correct option: A
Option A ((0,1)) is correct because it's the only point that satisfies both the line and parabola equations, indicating it's the point of contact.
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The equation of a common tangent to and the curve can be
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Correct option: B
Option B () is correct because it is a common tangent to both the parabola and the ellipse, found by comparing the tangent equations of both curves.
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Two perpendicular tangents and are drawn to , minimum length of is equal to
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Correct option: B
Option B (4 a) is correct because the chord of contact of mutually perpendicular tangents to a parabola is a focal chord, and the minimum length of a focal chord is the latus rectum, which is 4a.
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The ends of a line segment are and is a point on the line segment such that . If is an interior point of the parabola , then
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Correct option: A
Option A () is correct because the point R lies inside the parabola only when the ratio is between 0 and 1.
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The equation of a tangent to the parabola which is making an angle with -axis is
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Correct option: C
Option C () is correct because it represents the equation of a tangent to the parabola with slope .
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The axis of the parabola , is
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Correct option: A
Option A () is correct because it represents the axis of symmetry for the given parabola after completing the square.
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If is a normal to the parabola then the value of is
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Correct option: A
Option A () is correct because this is the standard form for the constant term in the normal equation to the given parabola.
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A line passing through and normal to the curve . If is slope of the normal then
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Correct option: A
1
Option A (1) is correct because finding the slope of the normal and adding 6 gives the correct result.
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The length of the normal of the parabola which subtends a right angle at the vertex is
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Correct option: A
Option A () is correct because it is the length of the normal calculated using the given conditions and properties of the parabola.
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The equation of the common tangent to the parabolas and , is
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Correct option: B
Option A () is correct because it is derived by equating the tangent equations of the two parabolas and solving for the common tangent.
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Set of values of m for which a chord of slope m of the circle touches the parabola is
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Correct option: A
Option A () is correct because it represents the set of values of m for which the chord of the circle touches the parabola.
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The line is a normal to the parabola at the point.
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Correct option: C
Option C ((2,4)) is correct because the slope of the normal is -1, and substituting this into the parabola's normal equation gives the point (2,4).
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Consider the parabola . Let be the area of the triangle formed by the end points of its latus rectum and the point on the parabola, and be the area of the triangle formed by drawing tangents at and at the end-points of the latus rectum. Then, , is
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Correct option: B
2
Option B (2) is correct because the area of a triangle formed by three points on a parabola is twice the area of the triangle formed by tangents at those points.
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