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Grade Upto college levelAnalytical Geometry

Let y square=16x be a given parabola and L be an extremity of it,s latus rectum in the first quadrant.If a chord is drawn through L with slope -1,then the length of this chord is-

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13 Years agoGrade Upto college level
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ApprovedApproved Tutor Answer13 Years ago

 

45.25 units

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13 Years ago

write equation of chord and apply formula 4/m2((1+m2)(a(a-mc)^1/2)