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JEE Main 2024Parabola Question with Solution

From: JEE Main 2024 (Online) 1st February Morning Shift

Question

Let the line pass through the point of the intersection (in the first quadrant) of the circle and the parabola . Let the line touch two circles and of equal radius . If the centres and of the circles and lie on the -axis, then the square of the area of the triangle is equal to ___________.

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Show full solutionCorrect answer: 72
Correct answer
72

Step-by-step explanation

and





(Rejected) or

For

lies on the line



For circle

lies on axis

Let coordinates

(Given

Line act as tangent

Apply P (condition of tangency)









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