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This document contains a math class on parabolas with several examples and questions: 1. Section A contains multiple choice questions about the equations and properties of parabolas, including the equation of a directrix and identifying the equation of a parabola given its focus and directrix. 2. Section B asks students to find the focus, axis, equation of the directrix, and latus rectum of a parabola given its equation, and to find the focus of another parabola. 3. Section C gives problems about finding the equations of parabolas with given properties, such as being symmetric about an axis and passing through a specific point. 4. Section D presents

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DPP Parabola

This document contains a math class on parabolas with several examples and questions: 1. Section A contains multiple choice questions about the equations and properties of parabolas, including the equation of a directrix and identifying the equation of a parabola given its focus and directrix. 2. Section B asks students to find the focus, axis, equation of the directrix, and latus rectum of a parabola given its equation, and to find the focus of another parabola. 3. Section C gives problems about finding the equations of parabolas with given properties, such as being symmetric about an axis and passing through a specific point. 4. Section D presents

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JACOB'S MATH CLASS

DPP-PARABOLA
Class 11 - Mathematics

Section A

1. The equation of the directrix of the parabola x2 = -4ay is [1]

a) y – a = 0 b) x – a = 0

c) x + a = 0 d) y + a = 0
2. If the focus of a parabola is (0, –3) and its directrix is y = 3, then its equation is [1]

a) x2 = 12y b) x2 = –12y

c) y2 = 12x d) y2 = –12x

3. In the parabola y2 = 4ax, the length of the chord passing through the vertex and inclined to the axis at π/4 is [1]
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a) √2 a b) 2√2 a
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c) None of these d) 4√2 a
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Section B

4. Find the coordinates of the focus, axis, the equation of the directrix and latus rectum of the parabola y2 = 8x. [2]

5. Find the coordinate of the focus of the parabola x2 = - 16 y. [2]

Section C
6. Find the equation of the parabola with vertex at the origin, passing through the point P(3, -4) and symmetric [3]
about the y-axis.
7. Find the equation of the parabola with vertex at the origin and focus F(0, 5). [3]
Section D
8. Read the text carefully and answer the questions: [4]
The girder of a railway bridge is a parabola with its vertex at the highest point, 10 m above the ends. Its span is
100 m.

(i) Find the coordinates of the focus of the parabola.


(ii) Find the equation of girder of bridge and find the length of latus rectum of girder of bridge.​​

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(iii) Find the height of the bridge at 20m from the mid-point.
(iv) Find the radius of circle with centre at focus of the parabola and passes through the vertex of parabola.

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