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JEE Mains · Maths · STD 11 - 10.2 parabola,ellipse,hyperbola

If \(y=m x+4\) is a tangent to both the parabolas, \(\mathrm{y}^{2}=4 \mathrm{x}\) and \(\mathrm{x}^{2}=2 \mathrm{by},\) then \(\mathrm{b}\) is equal to 

  1. A \(128\)
  2. B \(-64\)
  3. C \(-128\)
  4. D \(-32\)
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(C) \(-128\)

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\(y=m x+4\) is tangent to \(y^{2}=4 x\) \(\Rightarrow \mathrm{m}=\frac{1}{4}\) \(y=\frac{1}{4} x+4\) is tangent to \(x^{2}=2 b y\) \(\Rightarrow x^{2}-\frac{b}{2} x-8 b=0\) \(\Rightarrow \mathrm{D}=0\) \(b^{2}+128 b=0\) \(\Rightarrow \mathrm{b}=-128,0\)…
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