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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 correct Answer is:
`(14)/(sqrt(17))`
Perpendicular distance of the focus from the directrix
`2a=|-(7)/(sqrt(17))|=(7)/(sqrt(17))`
`:." Length of latus rectum"=4a=(14)/(sqrt(17))`
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