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27 Nov 2021

Given information

     is any point on the parabola with focus    and directrix .

 

 

Step-by-step explanation

Step 1.

A parabola is a set of all points in a plane that are an equal distance away from a given point and given line. The point is called the focus of the parabola, and the line is called the directrix.

 

Consider parabola with focus     and directrix  

Let   is any point on the parabola

 

Distance between the point and focus is

 

 

 

 

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