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PQ is any focal chord of the parabola `y^(2)=8`x. Then the length of PQ can never be less than _________ .

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(8) The length of focal chord having one extremity `(at^(2),2at)` is
`a(t+(1)/(t))^(2)`
`because|r+(1)/(t)|ge2`
we get `(t+(1)/(t))ge4a=8`
or Length of focal chord 8
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