JEE MAIN - Mathematics (2020 - 3rd September Evening Slot - No. 3)

Let the latus ractum of the parabola y2 = 4x be the common chord to the circles C1 and C2 each of them having radius 2$$\sqrt 5 $$. Then, the distance between the centres of the circles C1 and C2 is :
8
12
$$8\sqrt 5 $$
$$4\sqrt 5 $$

Explanation

JEE Main 2020 (Online) 3rd September Evening Slot Mathematics - Parabola Question 87 English Explanation
For parabola y2 = 4x,

Length of latus rectum = 4a = 4

C1C2 = 2(C1A)

C1A = $$\sqrt {{{(2\sqrt 5 )}^2} - {2^2}} = 4$$

$$ \therefore $$ C1C2 = 2(4) = 8

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