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The latus rectum of a parabola whose focal chord is PSQ such that SP=3 and SQ=2 is given by_____

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GivenSP=3SQ=2By property of parabolaThe harmonic mean of the lengths two parts into which which the focus divides the focal chord is eual to length of semi-latus rectumLet length of latus rectum be L2SP×SQSP+SQ=L2L=4×SP×SQSP+SQ=4×3×23+2=245

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