Let P be a point on the parabola, y2 = 12x and N be the foot of the perpendicular drawn from P on the axis of the parabola. A line is now drawn through the mid-point M of PN, parallel to its axis which meets the parabola at Q. If the y-intercept of the line NQ is , then :
If P is a point on the parabola y = x2 + 4 which is closest to the straight line y = 4x 1, then the co-ordinates of P are :
If two tangents drawn from a point P to the
parabola y2 = 16(x 3) are at right angles, then the locus of point P is :
Let be the vertex and be any point on the parabola, . If the point divides the line segment internally in the ratio , then locus of is :
The area (in sq. units) of an equilateral triangle inscribed in the parabola y2 = 8x, with one of its vertices on the vertex of this parabola, is :
The shortest distance between the line x y = 1 and the curve x2 = 2y is :
Let the focal chord of the parabola along the line meet the parabola at the points M and N. Let the line L be a tangent to the hyperbola . If O is the vertex of P and F is the focus of H on the positive x-axis, then the area of the quadrilateral OMFN is :
Let P1 be a parabola with vertex (3, 2) and focus (4, 4) and P2 be its mirror image with respect to the line x + 2y = 6. Then the directrix of P2 is x + 2y = ____________.
The length of the latus rectum of a parabola, whose vertex and focus are on the positive x-axis at a distance R and S (> R) respectively from the origin, is :
Let be the focus of the parabola and the line intersect the parabola at two points and .
Let the point be the centroid of the triangle . If , then is :