Parabola Question 2
Question 2 - 24 January - Shift 2
The urns A, B and C contain 4 red, 6 black; 5 red, 5 black and $\lambda$ red, 4 black balls respectively. One of the urns is selected at random and a ball is drawn. If the ball drawn is red and the probability that it is drawn from urn $C$ is 0.4 then the square of the length of the side of the largest equilateral triangle, inscribed in the parabola $y^{2}=\lambda x$ with one vertex at the vertex of the parabola is ________
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Answer: 432
Solution:
Formula: Slope of the tangent
$m^{2}+2 m-3=0$
$\Rightarrow m=1,-3$
So tangent which touches in first quadrant at $T$ is
$T \equiv(\frac{a}{m^{2}}, \frac{2 a}{m})$
$\equiv(\frac{3}{2}, 3)$
$\Rightarrow CT=\sqrt{4+4}=2 \sqrt{2}$
| Urn | Red | Black |
|---|---|---|
| A | 4 | 6 |
| B | 5 | 5 |
| C | $\lambda$ | 4 |
$P(\frac{C}{R})=\frac{P(C) P(\frac{R}{C})}{P(A) P(\frac{R}{A})+P(B) P(\frac{R}{B})+P(C) P(\frac{R}{C})}$
$0.4=\frac{\frac{1}{3} \times \frac{\lambda}{(\lambda+4)}}{\frac{1}{3} \times \frac{4}{10}+\frac{1}{3} \times \frac{5}{10}+\frac{1}{3} \frac{\lambda}{(\lambda+4)}}$
$\Rightarrow \lambda=6$
$\tan 30^{\circ}=3 t=\frac{3}{2} t^{2}$
$\frac{1}{\sqrt{3}}=\frac{2}{t}$
$t=2 \sqrt{3}$ $\stackrel{Q^{2}}{ }{ }^{2}=18^{2}+(6 . \sqrt{3})^{2}$
