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QJEEM25Ma74e4: JEE Main 2025 Mathematics - Class 11 JEEM25Ma74e4 Solution: Let be the parabola and be its focus. Let be a focal chord of…

Let y2=12xy^2=12 x be the parabola and SS be its focus. Let PQP Q be a focal chord of the parabola such that (SP)(SQ)=1474(S P)(S Q)=\frac{147}{4} . Let CC be the circle described taking PQP Q as a diameter. If the equation of a circle CC is 64x2+64y2−αx−643y=β64 x^2+64 y^2-\alpha x-64 \sqrt{3} y=\beta , then β−α\beta-\alpha is equal to \qquad .

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y2=12xa=3SP×SQ=1474\mathrm{y}^2=12 \mathrm{x} \quad \mathrm{a}=3 \quad \mathrm{SP} \times \mathrm{SQ}=\frac{147}{4}

Let P(3t2,6t)\mathrm{P}\left(3 \mathrm{t}^2, 6 \mathrm{t}\right) and t1t2=−1\mathrm{t}_1 \mathrm{t}_2=-1

(ends of focal chord)

So, Q(3t2,−6t)Q\left(\frac{3}{t^2}, \frac{-6}{t}\right)

S(3,0)S(3,0)

SP×SQ=PM1×QM2\mathrm{SP} \times \mathrm{SQ}=\mathrm{PM}_1 \times \mathrm{QM}_2

amp; (dist. from directrix) amp;=(3+3t2)(3+3t2)=1474amp;⇒(1+t2)2t2=4912amp;t2=34,43amp;t=±32,±23amp; considering t=−32amp;P(94,−33) and Q(4,43)\begin{aligned}& \text { (dist. from directrix) } \\& =\left(3+3 \mathrm{t}^2\right)\left(3+\frac{3}{\mathrm{t}^2}\right)=\frac{147}{4} \\& \Rightarrow \frac{\left(1+\mathrm{t}^2\right)^2}{\mathrm{t}^2}=\frac{49}{12} \\& \mathrm{t}^2=\frac{3}{4}, \frac{4}{3} \\& \mathrm{t}= \pm \frac{\sqrt{3}}{2}, \pm \frac{2}{\sqrt{3}} \\& \text { considering } \mathrm{t}=\frac{-\sqrt{3}}{2} \\& \mathrm{P}\left(\frac{9}{4},-3 \sqrt{3}\right) \text { and } \mathrm{Q}(4,4 \sqrt{3})\end{aligned}

amp; Hence, diametric circle: amp;amp;(x−4)(x−94)+(y+33)(y−43)=0amp;⇒x2+y2−254x−3y−27=0amp;⇒α=400,β=1728amp;β−α=1328\begin{aligned}&\text { Hence, diametric circle: }\\&\begin{aligned}& (x-4)\left(x-\frac{9}{4}\right)+(y+3 \sqrt{3})(y-4 \sqrt{3})=0 \\& \Rightarrow x^2+y^2-\frac{25}{4} x-\sqrt{3} y-27=0 \\& \Rightarrow \alpha=400, \beta=1728 \\& \beta-\alpha=1328\end{aligned}\end{aligned}

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