Parabola 1 Question 3
3. Axis of a parabola lies along -axis. If its vertex and focus are at distances 2 and 4 respectively from the origin, on the positive -axis, then which of the following points does not lie on it?
(2019 Main, 9 Jan, I)
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
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Answer:
Correct Answer: 3. (d)
Solution:
- According to given information, we have the following figure.
Now, if the origin is shifted to
where,
Note that