JEE Main 20264 AprilEvening Shift
- Exam
- JEE Main
- Year
- 2026
- Date
- 4 April
- Shift
- Evening Shift
- Subject
- Mathematics
- Chapter
- Parabola
JEE Main 2026 · 4 April · Evening Shift · Mathematics · Parabola
Let A,B and C be the vertices of a variable right angled triangle...
Let and be the vertices of a variable right angled triangle inscribed in the parabola . Let the vertex containing the right angle be and the locus of the centroid of be a conic . Then three times the length of latus rectum of is ______
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Step-by-step solution
The equation of the parabola is , which gives . Any point on the parabola can be taken as .
The vertex is given as , which corresponds to the parameter . Let the parameters for vertices and be and respectively. Thus, and .
The slope of is:
Similarly, the slope of is:
Since is right-angled at , . Therefore, :
Let the centroid of be . Then:
From the perpendicularity condition, we can express as:
Using the algebraic identity , we substitute the expressions in terms of :
Replacing with , the locus is the parabola:
The length of the latus rectum of this parabola is .
Three times the length of the latus rectum is .
Answer:
The vertex is given as , which corresponds to the parameter . Let the parameters for vertices and be and respectively. Thus, and .
The slope of is:
Similarly, the slope of is:
Since is right-angled at , . Therefore, :
Let the centroid of be . Then:
From the perpendicularity condition, we can express as:
Using the algebraic identity , we substitute the expressions in terms of :
Replacing with , the locus is the parabola:
The length of the latus rectum of this parabola is .
Three times the length of the latus rectum is .
Answer: