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MathematicsParabolaChordsHard3 minQB
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For a focal chord of , let be its midpoint. Points correspond to nonzero ordinates , and is parallel to where .

and , find the abscissa of the intersection of the tangent at and the normal at .

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Answer:
B
Solution:

The tangent-normal equations give . Using and yields .

Stream:JEESubject:MathematicsTopic:ParabolaSubtopic:Chords
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