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Conic Section Exercises and Solutions

The document is a collection of exercises related to properties and characteristics of parabolas. It contains 23 problems addressing topics such as finding the vertex, focus, directrix, and equation of parabolas given certain parameters; properties of focal chords; and determining whether a given point lies inside, outside, or on a parabola. The document also includes hints and solutions for each problem to help students learn about key elements of parabolas through working examples.

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Conic Section Exercises and Solutions

The document is a collection of exercises related to properties and characteristics of parabolas. It contains 23 problems addressing topics such as finding the vertex, focus, directrix, and equation of parabolas given certain parameters; properties of focal chords; and determining whether a given point lies inside, outside, or on a parabola. The document also includes hints and solutions for each problem to help students learn about key elements of parabolas through working examples.

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Parabola

Exercises
Level - 1
(Problems Based on Fundamentals)

1. What conic does ax  by  1 represent ? 13. If the axis of a parabola is parallel to y-axis, the
vertex and the length of the latus rectum are (3, 2)
2. If the conic x2 – 4xy + ly2 + 2x + 4y + 10 = 0 and 12 respectively, find its equation.
represents a parabola, find the value of .

3. If the conic 16(x2 + (y – 1)2 = (x + 3 – 5)2 PROPERTIES OF THE FOCAL CHORD


represents a non-degenerate conic, write its name
and also find its eccentricity. 14. If the chord joining P(at12, 2at1) and is the focal chord,
prove that t1t2 = 1.
4. If the focus and the directirix of a conic be (1, 2)
and x + 3y + 10 = 0 respectively and the eccentricity 15. If the point (at2, 2at) be the extremity of a focal chord
of the parabola y2 = 4ax, prove that the length of the
1
be , then find its equation. 2
 1
2 focal chord is a  t   .
 t
5. Find the equation of a parabola, whose focus is
(1, 1) and the directrix is x – y + 3 = 0. 16. If the length of the focal chord makes an angle 
with the positive direction of x-axis, prove that its
length is 4a cosec2.
ABC OF PARABOLA
17. Prove that the semi-latus rectum of a parabola
6. Find the vertex, the focus, the latus rectum, the y2 = 4ax is the harmonic mean between the segments
directrix and the axis of the parabolas of any focal chord of the parabola.
(i) y2 = x + 2y + 2 18. Prove that the length of a focal chord of the parabola
(ii) y2 = 3x + 4y + 2 varies inversely as the square of its distance from
(iii) x2 = y + 4x + 2 the vertex.
19. Prove that the circle described on the focal chord as
(iv) x2 + x + y = 0
the diameter touches the tangent to the parabola.
7. If the focal distance on a point to a parabola
y2 = 12x is 6, find the co-ordinates of that point. 20. Prove that the circle described on the focal chord as
the diameter touches the directrix of the parabola.
8. Find the equation of a parabola, whose focus
(–6, –6) and the vertex is (–2, –2).
POSITION OF A POINT RELATIVE TO A PARABOLA
9. The parametric equation of a parabola is x = t2 + 1
and y = 2t +1. Find its directrix. 21. If a point (, –) lies in an interior point of the
parabola y2 = 4x, find the range of .
10. If the vertex of a parabola be (–3, 0) and the directrix
is x + 5 =0, find its equation. 22. If a point (, 2) is an exterior point of both the
11. Find the equation of the parabola whose axis is parabolas y2 = (x + 1) and y2 = –x +1, find the value
parallel to y-axis and which passes through the points of .
(0, 2), (–1, 0) and (1, 6).
12. Find the equation of a parabola whose vertex is INTERSECTION OF A LINE AND A PARABOLA
(1, 2) and the axis is parallel to x-axis and also passes 23. If 2x + 3y + = 0 is a tangent to the parabola y2 = 8x,
through the point (3, 4). find the co-ordinates of the point of contact.

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