JEE Main 2022MathematicsParabolaCommon TangentmediumNumerical

JEE Main 2022Parabola Question with Solution

From: JEE Main 2022 (Online) 28th July Evening Shift

Question

Two tangent lines and are drawn from the point to the parabola . If the lines and are also tangent to the circle , then 17r is equal to ___________.

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Show full solutionCorrect answer: 9
Correct answer
9

Step-by-step explanation

Given :

\eqalign{ & T \equiv y = mx - {1 \over {8m}} \cr & \,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\, \downarrow (2,0) \cr}

Tangents are

and

If these are also tangent to circle then

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