TENSOR CLASSES
PARABOLA ASSIGNMENT
01. Find the length of the chord cut off from the line 3 x y a 0 by the parabola y2=4ax
02. Show that the length of the focal chord of y 2 4ax inclined at ‘ ’ to its axis is 4a cos ec 2 .
03. A double ordinate of y 2 4 px subtends a right-angle at its vertex. Show that its length is 8p.
04. Find the length of the common chord of the parabola y 2 4ax and x 2 4ay .
05. (4,8) is one end of a focal chord of y 2 16 x . Find the other end.
06. The lengths of the segments of a focal chord of a parabola are 3 and 6. Find the length of the latus rectum.
07. Find the equation to the focal chord of y 2 4ax one end of which is the point ‘t’.
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08. The parabola y 2 2 x cuts a chord of length from a line through the vertex. Find its equation.
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I. Find a,b or c when the line
1) ax - y + 2 = 0 touches y2=16x 2) x cos y sin 3 touches y2=8x. ( )
Find the equation to the tangent to the parabola
1) y2=20x, which makes equal intercepts 2) y2=8x, inclined at / 3 to x-axis
3)The line 2x-y+2=0 is a tangent y2=16x, and find the point of contact
4) Find the equation to the common tangent of y2 = 4ax and x2=4ay
II. Find the equation to the Normal to the parabola
1) y 2 4 x , perpendicular to x+3y+1=0 2) y 2 5 x , inclined at 300 to x-axis
III. The Normal at P on the parabola meets the curve again in Q. Find Q, if
1) P=(2,4) and parabola , y 2 8 x 2) P=(4,6) and parabola , y 2 9 x
IV. Find P, if the line
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1) y+2x-12a=0 is Normal at P to y 2 4ax 2) 2x-y-12=0 is a Normal at P to y 2 4 x
V. Find the length of the Normal chord at
1) P=(2,4) on y 2 8 x
2) Find the least length of a Normal chord of the parabola , y 2 4ax
3) If the Normal at a point P on the parabola y 2 4ax meets the axis in G; Prove that SP=SG
4) Find the point on the parabola , y 2 4ax , the Normal at which terminated by the axis is equal in length to
the latus- rectum.
VI. The two lines given are tangents to the parabola given. Find the equation to the chord joining their
points of contact
1) 4 y 9 x 4 and 4 y x 36 to y2=9x 2) 2x+y+1=0 and x-2y+8=0 to y2=8x
VII. Find the point of intersection of tangents drawn at the ends of the chord
1) 2x-y+4=0 to y2=8x 2) x cos y sin p to y2=4ax
VIII.Find the mid-point of the chord of contact of the point
1) (-1,4) w.r.t y2=16x 2) (2,5) w.r.t y2=8x
IX. Find the length of the chord of contact of the point
1) (-6,4) w.r.t y2=8x 2) (5,2) w.r.t x2=8y
X. Find the points of contact of the tangents drawn from the point
1) (2,3) to y2=4x 2) (-2,-3) to x2=4y
XI. Find the equation to the chord of the parabola.
1. y2 = 8x, which is bisected at (2, -3) 2. y2 = 16x, whose mid-point is (3, 4)
XII. Find the mid-point of the chord
1. 2x - y + 4 = 0 of the parabola y2 = 8x. 2. 2y - x + 4 = 0 of the parabola x2 = 8y.
XIII.Find the length of the chord of the parabola
1. y2 = 16x, whose mid-point is (3, 4) 2. y2 = 8x, whose mid-point is (10, 4)
XIV.Find the point of intersection of the tangents at the ends of the chord of the parabola
1. y2 + 4x = 0, whose mid-point is (-2, 2) 2. y2 = 16x, whose mid-point is (3, 4)
XV. Find the end points of the chord of the parabola
1. y2 = 8x, whose mid-point is (10, -4) 2. x2 = 8y, whose mid-point is (2, 1)
XVI.Find the equation to the pair of tangents drawn from the point
1. (2, 3) to the parabola, y2 = 4x. 2. (2, 5) to y2 = 8x.
XVII.Find the angle between the tangents drawn from the point
1. (1, 4) to y2 = 4x. 2. (3, 8) to y2 = 12x.
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