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what is the largest value of 'a' for which the circle with centre (0,0) and radius 'a' falls totally in the interior of the parabola y^2=4(x+4)?

ravi teja reddy , 14 Years ago
Grade 11
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Ashwin Muralidharan IIT Madras

Last Activity: 14 Years ago

Hi Ravi,

 

The solution is as below

So the max value of the radius is 2*root(3), for which the circle would completely lie inside the parabola.

Hope that helps.

 

All the best,

Regards,

Ashwin (IIT Madras).

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