Menaechmus was first to discover a method to solve the problem about the doubling of cube with using parabolas. Archimedes figured out the area surrounded by a parabola and a line segment Apollonius gives the name "parabola" .Pappus proved the properties of the focus and directrix of the parabola. For more details use the links given below:
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Exercises of Parabola – Class 11th R.D. Sharma Solutions |
Parabola Exercise 25.1 |