Question icon
Grade 11Analytical Geometry

if the length of the common chord of the circle x2 + y2 = 4 and the parabola y2 = 4(x-h) is maximum, then find the value of h.

Profile image of Kabir Jain
7 Years agoGrade 11
Answers icon

1 Answer

Profile image of Deepak Kumar Shringi
7 Years ago
Length will be maximum when LR of parabola will become diametere of circle that is line x=0
so in that case focus (0,0) here focus is x-h=1 and y=0 so x=1+h but we want zero so h=-1