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Question: The mirror of a flashlight is a paraboloid of revolution which is generated by a parabola opens to right and having the vertex at (0, 0). If the distance of the light bulb of the flashlight from the vertex is 4 cm , then choose the equation of the generator parabola.


A ) x2 = 16y
B ) y2 = 16x
C ) x2 = - 16y
D ) y2 = - 16x

Steps to derive

1 The distance of the light bulb of the flashlight from the vertex is p = 4 cm.
 [The position of the light bulb of the flashlight is the focus of it.]

2 The equation of the generator parabola can be taken as y2 = 4px
 [Write the standard equation of the parabola with vertex at (0, 0) which opens to the right.]

3 y2 = 16x
 [Substitute p = 4 in y2 = 4px]

4 The equation of the generator parabola is y2 = 16x



Hence the right answer is Option B

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