Length of Latus rectum of parabola whose focal chord Is PSQ such that SP =3 and SQ =2
vaishali sharma , 7 Years ago
Grade 11
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Ankit Kumar Singh
Last Activity: 7 Years ago
Semi latus rectum is the Harmonic Mean of SP and SQ where P and Q r the extremities of focal chord and S is the focus..
Rohit Awasthi
Last Activity: 6 Years ago
Key Idea: Since the semi-latus rectum of a parabola is the HM of segments of a focal chord. ∴Semi-latus rectum =2SP.SQ/SP+SQ =2×3×23+2=12/5 ∴ Latus rectum of the parabola =2×12/5= 24/5.Thanks
Dhawal
Last Activity: 6 Years ago
Semi Latus rectum of parabola is harmonic mean of length of points from focus to that of parabola i.e : 2a=2(L1×L2)/ L1+L2
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