Two Parabolas in a Mirror

Problem

In the coordinate plane, the graph of the parabola y=ax23x+3y = ax^2 - 3x + 3 (with a0a \neq 0) is the reflection of the graph of the parabola y2=2pxy^2 = 2px (with p>0p > 0) across the line y=x+my = x + m. Find the product apmapm.

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Solution

Difficulty6/10
TopicsReflection, Completing the Square, conic sections, analytic geometry

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