Properties of Parabola

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Properties of Parabola: Overview

This topic covers concepts such as Congruence of Two Parabolas Properties of Parabola, Properties of Parabola Related to Focal Chord, Reflection Property of Parabola, Properties of Parabola Related to a Tangent, etc.

Important Questions on Properties of Parabola

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Let P and Q be distinct points on the parabola y2=2x  such that a circle with PQ as diameter passes through the vertex O of the parabola. If P lies in the first quadrant and the area of the triangle ΔOPQ is 32,  then the coordinates of P can be

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Let the focus S of the parabola y2=8x lie on the focal chord PQ of the same parabola. If the length QS=3 units, then the ratio of length PQ to the length of the latus rectum of the parabola is

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If one end of a focal chord of the parabola y2=4x is 1,2, the other end lies on

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Let 3x-y-8=0 be the equation of tangent to a parabola at the point 7,13. If the focus of the parabola is at -1,-1, then the equation of its directrix is

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The locus of the trisection point of any arbitrary double ordinate of the parabola x2=4y, is

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Suppose OABC is a rectangle in the xy-plane where O is the origin and A,B lie on the parabola y=x2. Then C must lie on the curve-

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The set of values of a for which at least one tangent to the parabola y2=4ax becomes normal to the circle x2+y2- 2ax- 4ay+3a2=0, is (where a is a real number)

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The equation of the mirror that can reflect all incident rays from origin parallel to y-axis is

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Three distinct normals to the parabola y2=x are drawn through a point c, 0, then

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The number of distinct normals that can be drawn to parabola y2=16x from the point (2,0), is

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Angle between the tangents drawn to y2=4x at the points where it is intersected by the line y=x-1 is equal to

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Let a focal chord of parabola y2=16x cuts it at points f, g and h, k. Then fh is equal to

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Let Q be a point on the parabola (x + 2)2=4y such that the sum of its distance from focus and point P(1, 2) is minimum. Then the coordinates of Q are?

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The mirror image of the directrix of the parabola y2=4(x+1) in the line mirror x+2y=3, is

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If P(at2, 2at) be one end of a focal chord of the parabola y2=4ax, then the length of the chord is

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The normal to the parabola y2=8x at the point (2, 4)meets the parabola again at the point

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If P(at2, 2at) be one end of a focal chord of the parabola y2=4ax, then the length of the chord is

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If t1 and t2 be the parameters of the end points of a focal chord for the parabola y2 =4ax, then which one is true?

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If P(at2, 2at) be one end of a focal chord of the parabola y2=4ax, then the length of the chord is

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The latus rectum of the parabola y2=4ax, whose focal chord P1P2 such that SP1=3 and SP2=2, where S is focus, then length of the latus rectum (in units) is: