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Let and be three points on the parabola and let the line segment meet the line through parallel to the -axis at the point . Let and respectively be the feet of the perpendiculars from and on . Then is equal to .
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- Parametrize the parabola
For the parabola , we compare with the standard form . Thus,
A general point on the parabola is
Let
- Equation of line
For parabola , the chord joining parameters is
Here , so
- Coordinates of point
The line through parallel to the -axis is
Since is the intersection of with , substitute into the chord equation: So,
Hence
- Lengths and
Since is horizontal, the perpendiculars from and to are vertical. So their lengths are just vertical distances from and to the line :
Therefore,
- Length
Since both and lie on the horizontal line , is the horizontal distance:
Now So, Factor: Now, Hence,
- Compute the required expression
Therefore,
- Final answer
The required integer is
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