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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If PSQ is the focal chord of the parabola y2-8x=2y-17, such that SP=6. Then the length of SQ is (where S is focus)

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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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The locus of the foot of perpendicular drawn from focus upon a variable tangent to the parabola 2x-y+12=85x+2y+3 is

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If tangents are drawn from a point P to the parabola y2=4x with focus (S) such that the lengths of the tangents are 5 and 10, then SP is equal to

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If 1 and 2 are lengths of two perpendicular focal chord of parabola y2=16(x+1), then harmonic mean of 1 and 2 is

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If the tangents at two points 1, 2 and 3, 6 on a parabola intersect at the point 1, 6, then equation of directrix is

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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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A ray of light travelling along the line y=7 strikes the surface of the curve y2-8x=6y-17, then the equation of line along which the reflected ray travels, is

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Given the curve x=acosθ+π2-θ , y=a(1-sinθ), a>0. If the length of the sub-tangent to the curve at θ=0 is L, the value of L is :

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

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The line x+2 y-1=0 is a tangent to a parabola at point A, intersects the directrix at B and the tangent at vertex at C. Focus of parabola is S(2,0) then find the value of 64ACBC

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The figure shows a parabola with focus F. The equation of the tangent at a point A on the parabola is given by y=x. If the projection of point A on the directrix is BB=(-1,2) and F=(p,q), find p-q.

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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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Chord joining two distinct points Pa,4b and Qc,-16b (both are variable points) on the parabola y2=16x always passes through a fixed point α,β. Then, which of the following statements is correct?

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Let PQ be the focal chord of the parabola y2=4x. If the centre of the circle having PQ as its diameter lies on the line y=-45 and the length of chord PQ is L units then 5L=

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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