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P is parabola, whose vertex and focus are on the positive x axis at distances a and a' from the origin respectively, then `(a'> a)`. Length of latus ractum of P will be

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We have given P is parabola, whose vertex and focus are on the positive x axis at distances a and a' from the origin.
Then vertex of the parabola as `x=a`
and focus as `(a',0)`
Then the latus rectum of the parabola is `=4(a'−a)`
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