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What is the length of chord y-x(root 2) +4a(root 2)=0 of the parabola y 2 = 4ax?

What is the length of chord y-x(root 2) +4a(root 2)=0
of the parabola y2= 4ax?
 

Grade:12th pass

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Nicho priyatham
625 Points
8 years ago
y=(root2)x-4a(root2)
squaring onn both sides and substute y2=4ax we get the quaradic 
x-10ax+16a2=0
by solving we get x=2a,8a
and respective y values are 2(2½ )a,4(21/2)a 
so distance between the points (2a,2(2½ )a) and (8a,4(21/2)a) is  the ans
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