Parabola – Thrill & Challenge

1. A parabola whose directrix is 2x + y – 3 = 0 and touches the line x – y + 1 = 0 at (1, 2), then find the
distance between vertex and focus
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2. Let y = 12x be a fixed parabola and the parabola y = –12x starts rolling on the y = 12x without
slipping. Find the locus of the vertex of the moving parabola

3. Find the focus of the parabola which touches the lines x = 0, y = 0, x – y + 1 = 0 and 2x + y + 8 = 0

4. If a leaf of a book be folded so that one comes moves along an opposite side, then prove that the line
of crease will touch the parabola

5. A moving parabola touches the x-axis at (1, 0) and y-axis at (0, 1), then find locus of focus of the
parabola

6. The parabola P has focus of at a distance m from the directrix the chord AB is a normal to P at A.
What is the minimum length for AB?

7. If PQ is a normal chord of the parabola y2 = 4ax and s be the focus. Prove that the locus of the
centroid of the triangle PQR is the curve 36ay2(3x – 5a) – 81y4 = 128a4

x
8. Find the number of parabola(s) that can be drawn with y  as directrix and passing through the
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points (2, 0) and  4 3, 2 

9. A set of parabola(s) has their vertex at (–9, 3) and it touches the x-axis at (0, 0), find the axis of such
parabola(s)

10. The directrix of a parabola is 2x – y – 1 = 0, then find locus of one end of the latus rectum if focus lies
on y-axis

11. Find the maximum value of x 4  3x 2  6x  13  x 4  x2  1

12. If tangents drawn to the parabola at A(1, 2) and B(5, 8) intersect at (–1, 8), then slope of the directrix
is

13. Let x – y – 2 = 0 and 2x + y + 1 = 0 are the tangents to a parabola, whose focus is (1, 2), then find
equation of the directrix

14. Let P(1, 2) and Q(–2, 3) be two points on a parabola the normals at which intersect at the point (0, 1),
then equation of directrix

15. If two chords drawn from the point (4, 4) to the parabola x 2 = 4y are divided by the line y = mx in the
ratio 2 : 1, then find the range of m

16. The side of a triangle touch a parabola y2 = 4ax and two of its angular points lie on another parabola
y2 = 4b(x + c) with its axis in the same direction, prove that locus of 3rd angular point is another
parabola
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17. Through each point of the line x = my + h is drawn the chord of the parabola y = 4ax which is
bisected at the point. Prove that it always touches the parabola (y + 2am)2 = 8a(x – h)

18. The sides of triangle ABC are tangents to the parabola y2 = 4ax. Let D, E, F be the points of contact of
side BC, CA and AB respectively, if lines AD, BE and CF are concurrent at focus of the parabola,
prove that ABC is equilateral

19. Number of common tangents and common normals between y2 = –4x and x2 = –4y is/are

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20. Tangent drawn at point P(1, 3) of a parabola intersects its tangent at vertex at V(–1, 5), if R(–5, 5) is a
point on SP, where S is focus of parabola, then find

(a) slope of directrix

(b) radius of circumcircle of SVP

(c) intersection point of tangent and axis

(d) focus

21. Find everything of the parabola 16x2 + 8xy + y2 – 74x – 78y + 212 = 0
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22. Let P be a point on the curve y = –4x such that the normal chord drawn at P to parabola has shortest
length, if tangent and normal at P intersects axis of parabola at A and B respectively, then find slope
of tangent at P and circumcentre of PAB

2  2 1  m2
23. Prove that the bisector of the angle containing origin of the lines y = m(x – 1) and y 
m
touches a fixed parabola, find the equation for the parabola

24. A tangent PL is drawn at a point P(t) an the parabola y2 = 4ax, if it meets the x-axis at L, then prove
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that PL  PF  2 2a t  t 2  1 4 , where F is focus

25. The set of points on the axis of the parabola 2{(x – 1)2 + (y – 1)2} = (x + y)2, from which 3 distinct
normals can be drawn to the parabola is the set of points (h, k), then range of h and k is

26. Let S be the focus of y2 = 4x and a point P is moving on the curve such that its abscissa is increasing
at the rate of  4 units/sec, then find the rate of increase of projection of SP on x + y = 1 when P is at
(4, 4)

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 ANSWER KEY
Parabola – Thrill & Challenge
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1. 2. x(x2 + y2) + 6y2 = 0
10 5

 6 2
3.  ,  5. Point circle
 5 5

6. 27 m2 8. 0

9. x – y + 1 2 = 0, x – 2y + 15 = 0 10. 7x – y – 1 = 0, 3x + y + 1 = 0

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11. 10 12.
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13. x + 7y + 3 = 0 14. x – 3y + 13 = 0

15. m    3  1  m  3  1 19. 2, 1

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20. (a) (b) 10
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(c) (–3, 7) (d) (–2, 4)

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22.  , 1, 0  23. y2 = 4x
2

3 3
25. h ,k  26.  2
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