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Question
Find the equation of the parabola in the cases given below:
End points of latus rectum (4, – 8) and (4, 8)
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Solution

Focus = (4, 0)
Equation of the parabola will be of the form y2 = 4ax
Here a = 4
⇒ y2 = 16x
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