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The parabolic communication antenna has a focus at 3m distance from the vertex of the antenna. Find the width of the antenna 8m from the vertex.

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  3. The latus rectum of the parabola y^(2)-4x+4y+8=0 is:

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  5. The eccentricity of the ellipse 9x^(2)+5y^(2)-54x-40y+116=0 is:

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  9. The equation of the tangent to the parabola y^(2)=16x inclined at 60^(...

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  10. The equation of conic with focus (-2,1) and directrix 3x-y+2=0 is:

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  11. The ellipse (x^(2))/(a^(2))+(y^(2))/(b^(2))=1 has the points A and B a...

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  14. If 4x+y+k=0 is a tangent to the ellipse x^(2)+3y^(2)=3 then k = ?

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  17. The radius of the director circle of the hyperbola (x^(2))/(25)-(y^(2)...

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  19. The tangents at the points t(1) and t(2) on the parabola y^(2)=4ax are...

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  20. The equation of normal at (-3,4) to the circle x^(2)+y^(2)=25 is 4x+3y...

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  21. The equation of the ellipse with foci (pm2,0) vertices (pm3,0) is:

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