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QJEEM22Ma4538: JEE Main 2022 Mathematics - Class 11 JEEM22Ma4538 Solution: Let P 1 be a parabola with vertex (3, 2) and focus (4, 4) and P …

Let P1 be a parabola with vertex (3, 2) and focus (4, 4) and P2 be its mirror image with respect to the line x + 2y = 6. Then the directrix of P2 is x + 2y = ____________.

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Focus = (4, 4) and vertex = (3, 2)

∴\therefore Point of intersection of directrix with axis of parabola = A = (2, 0)

Image of A(2, 0) with respect to line x + 2y = 6 is B(x2, y2)

∴\therefore x2−21=y2−02=−2(2+0−6)5{{{x_2} - 2} \over 1} = {{{y_2} - 0} \over 2} = {{ - 2(2 + 0 - 6)} \over 5}

∴\therefore B(x2, y2)=(185,165)B({x_2},\,{y_2}) = \left( {{{18} \over 5},{{16} \over 5}} \right) .

Point B is point of intersection of direction with axes of parabola P2.

∴\therefore x+2y=λx + 2y = \lambda must have point (185,165)\left( {{{18} \over 5},{{16} \over 5}} \right)

∴\therefore x+2y=10x + 2y = 10

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