Answer the following for the two parabolas and :

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Problem

Answer the following for the two parabolas

x^2 = -12y

and

y^2 = 16x

: (a) Find the length of the latus rectum of

x^2 = -12y

. (b) State which of the two parabolas is wider. (c) Determine the ratio of their latus rectum lengths.