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Statement-1: The line x-2 y=2 meets the parabola y2+2 x=0 only at one point (-2,-2). Statement-2: The line y=m x-(1/2 m)(m ≠ 0) is tangent to the parabola y2=-2 x at the point ((-1/2 m2), (-1/m)).
Q.
Statement-1:
The line
x
−
2
y
=
2
meets the parabola
y
2
+
2
x
=
0
only at one point
(
−
2
,
−
2
)
.
Statement-2:
The line
y
=
m
x
−
2
m
1
(
m
=
0
)
is tangent to the parabola
y
2
=
−
2
x
at the point
(
2
m
2
−
1
,
m
−
1
)
.
72
104
Conic Sections
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A
Statement-1 is true, statement-2 is true and statement-2 is correct explanation for statement-1.
B
Statement-1 is true, statement-2 is true and statement-2 is NOT the correct explanation for statement-1.
C
Statement-1 is true, statement-2 is false.
D
Statement-1 is false, statement-2 is tru
Solution:
The line of slope
=
m
given by
y
=
m
x
+
c
is tangent to parabola
y
2
=
4
a
x
, if
c
=
m
a
and the point of contact is
(
m
2
a
,
m
2
a
)
.
Here,
m
=
2
1
,
c
=
−
1
and
a
=
2
−
1