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Find the length of Latus rectum of the parabola y2=10x

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Given the equation of the parabola is y2=10x......(1).
We have for the parabola y2=4ax......(2), the length of latus rectum is 4a units.
Comparing the equation (2) with (1) we get, 4a=10.
So length of the latus rectum of (1) is 10 units.

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