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Chord of a parabola

The chord of a parabola is very similar, in spirit, to the chord of a circle. The chord of a parabola is simply a line segment whose endpoints are points of the parabola

Example of Chord of a Parabola

In the picture below, segment AB is the chord of the parabola.

picture of chord of a parabola
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