JEE Main 2020 — Parabola Question with Solution
From: JEE Main 2020 (Online) 3rd September Evening Slot
Question
Let the latus ractum of the parabola y2
= 4x be
the common chord to the circles C1
and C2
each of them having radius 2. Then, the
distance between the centres of the circles C1
and C2
is :
Choose an option
Show full solutionCorrect option: A
Correct answer
A8
Step-by-step explanation
For parabola y2 = 4x,
Length of latus rectum = 4a = 4
C1C2 = 2(C1A)
C1A =
C1C2 = 2(4) = 8
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