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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

JEE Main 2022 — Mathematics Coordinate Geometry

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If the length of the latus rectum of a parabola, whose focus is (a,a)(a,a)(a,a) and the tangent at its vertex is x+y=ax+y=ax+y=a, is 161616, then ∣a∣|a|∣a∣ is equal to

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Held on 27 Jul 2022 · Verified 6 Jul 2026.

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  1. A

    222\sqrt{2}22​

  2. B

    232\sqrt{3}23​

  3. C

    424\sqrt{2}42​

  4. D

    444

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