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MathematicsParabolaMiscellaneous/MixedMedium2 minQB
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The tangents from the point to a parabola touch it at and . The normals to the parabola at and intersect at point . Point , the midpoint of , and point are collinear. Let . On the basis of the above information, answer the following:
Let for C , and be a point on the parabola which is at a minimum distance from , then the value of is

Answer:
8
Solution:

The directrix must touch the circle

\end{center} Let ON be the minimum distance line of parabola from circle
ON must be normal to circle as well as parabola.
Stream:JEESubject:MathematicsTopic:ParabolaSubtopic:Miscellaneous/Mixed
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