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Through the vertex O of the parabola two chords OP \& OQ are drawn and the circles on OP \& OQ as diameter intersect in R. If are the inclinations of the tangents at on the parabola and the line through respectively, then the value of is

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Let . The tangent at has slope , so .

Since and are diameters of the two circles, , so are collinear and .

The slope of is , hence , giving .

Stream:JEESubject:MathematicsTopic:ParabolaSubtopic:Chords
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