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Find the length of the latus rectum of the parabola whose focus is at (2, 3) and directrix is the line `x-4y+3=0` .

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The length of latus rectum = 2 × perp. from focus to the directrix
`=2xxabs((2-4(3)+3)/(sqrt((1)^(2)+(4)^(2))))=14/(sqrt(17))`
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