Conic Sections: Challenge #5
Sub-unit: Parabola
Consider the parabola . Variable chords of this parabola passing through a fixed point K on the axis of parabola are such that the sum of squares of reciprocals of the two parts of the chords through K is a constant. Then the x-coordinate of K is:
The answer is 6.
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