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Grade 12th passAnalytical Geometry

Find the locus of the middle points of the normal chords of the parabola, y^2=4ax

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9 Years agoGrade 12th pass
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9 Years ago
FIRST KNOW WHAT IS LATUS RECTUM.
LATUS RECTUM=LENGTH OF CHORD PASSING THROUGH FOCUS OF PARABOLA ANDPARALLEL TO DIRECRTIX OF PARABOLA.
FOCUS IS HERE  (a,0) and directrix is x=-a