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Let ax-y+7=0 be a chord of parabola x^2=28y
meeting it at A and B ,and tangents at A and B meet at C.the locus of circumcentre of tr.ABC is

Gaganpreet Singh , 11 Years ago
Grade 12th pass
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Latika Leekha

Last Activity: 10 Years ago

Hello student,
Given chord is ax – y + 7 = 0 and the parabola is x2 = 28y.
We first try to find out the points of intersection of the chord with the parabola as it would give us the end points of the chord.
So, substituting the value of y = ax+7 from the equation of the chord into the equation of the parabola we have,
x2 = 28(ax+7)
So, x = 14(a ± √a2+1)
y = x2/28
Let us denote the x and y cordinates as x*x** and y*y**.
Then the slope of the tangents at these two points would be given by
m*m** which would be equal to the value of dy/dx at x*x**.
Hence, m*m** = x*x**/14.
This clearly shows that the product of slopes is -1.
Hence, this means that the two tangents are perpendicular and therefore the triangle is a right angled triangle.
Circumcentre of a right angled traingle is given by the mid-point of the hypotenuse.
So, the coordinates of circumcentre are x$ = 14a
y$ = (x*2 + x**2)/ 28 = 7(2a2+1)
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