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Write the length of the latus rectum of the hyperbola `16 x^2-9y^2=144.`

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We have given, `16x^2−9y^2=144`
`x^2/9−y^2/16=1`
Here, `a=3,b=4`
We know that the latus rectum `=(2b^2)/a`
Therefore,
`=(2×16)/3`
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