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The length of the latus rectum of \(16 x^2+25 y^2=400\) is

  1. A \(\frac{25}{2}\)
  2. B \(\frac{25}{4}\)
  3. C \(\frac{16}{2}\)
  4. D \(\frac{32}{5}\)
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(D) \(\frac{32}{5}\)

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\(\begin{aligned} & 16 x^2+25 y^2=400 \Rightarrow \frac{x^2}{25}+\frac{y^2}{16}=1 \\ a^2= & 25, b^2=16 \end{aligned}\) Length of lectus rectum \(=\frac{2 b^2}{a}=\frac{32}{5}\)