JEE Main 2022 Mathematics question

If the length of the latus rectum of a parabola, whose focus is (a, a) and the tangent at its vertex is x + y = a, is 16, then |a| is equal to :

Answer: (3)

Solution

The distance of the focus F(a, a) from the tangent at the vertex x + y − a = 0 is |a + , which

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Question ID VK-034338