Parabola

Exercises
Level - 1
(Problems Based on Fundamentals)

1. What conic does ax  by  1 represent ? 13. If the axis of a parabola is parallel to y-axis, the
vertex and the length of the latus rectum are (3, 2)
2. If the conic x2 – 4xy + ly2 + 2x + 4y + 10 = 0 and 12 respectively, find its equation.
represents a parabola, find the value of .

3. If the conic 16(x2 + (y – 1)2 = (x + 3 – 5)2 PROPERTIES OF THE FOCAL CHORD

represents a non-degenerate conic, write its name
and also find its eccentricity.
4. If the focus and the directirix of a conic be (1, 2)
and x + 3y + 10 = 0 respectively and the eccentricity
1
be , then find its equation.
2 focal chord is a  t   .
5. Find the equation of a parabola, whose focus is
(1, 1) and the directrix is x – y + 3 = 0.
ABC OF PARABOLA
6. Find the vertex, the focus, the latus rectum, the
directrix and the axis of the parabolas
(i) y2 = x + 2y + 2
(ii) y2 = 3x + 4y + 2
(iii) x2 = y + 4x + 2
(iv) x2 + x + y = 0
7. If the focal distance on a point to a parabola
y2 = 12x is 6, find the co-ordinates of that point.
8. Find the equation of a parabola, whose focus
(–6, –6) and the vertex is (–2, –2).
9. The parametric equation of a parabola is x = t2 + 1
and y = 2t +1. Find its directrix.
10. If the vertex of a parabola be (–3, 0) and the directrix
is x + 5 =0, find its equation.
11. Find the equation of the parabola whose axis is
parallel to y-axis and which passes through the points
(0, 2), (–1, 0) and (1, 6).
12. Find the equation of a parabola whose vertex is
(1, 2) and the axis is parallel to x-axis and also passes
through the point (3, 4).
14. If the chord joining P(at12, 2at1) and is the focal chord,
prove that t1t2 = 1.
15. If the point (at2, 2at) be the extremity of a focal chord
of the parabola y2 = 4ax, prove that the length of the
2
 1
 t
16. If the length of the focal chord makes an angle 
with the positive direction of x-axis, prove that its
length is 4a cosec2.
17. Prove that the semi-latus rectum of a parabola
y2 = 4ax is the harmonic mean between the segments
of any focal chord of the parabola.
18. Prove that the length of a focal chord of the parabola
varies inversely as the square of its distance from
the vertex.
19. Prove that the circle described on the focal chord as
the diameter touches the tangent to the parabola.
20. Prove that the circle described on the focal chord as
the diameter touches the directrix of the parabola.
POSITION OF A POINT RELATIVE TO A PARABOLA
21. If a point (, –) lies in an interior point of the
parabola y2 = 4x, find the range of .
22. If a point (, 2) is an exterior point of both the
parabolas y2 = (x + 1) and y2 = –x +1, find the value
of .
INTERSECTION OF A LINE AND A PARABOLA
23. If 2x + 3y + = 0 is a tangent to the parabola y2 = 8x,
find the co-ordinates of the point of contact.

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