JEE Main · 2010 · 11 Apr 2010 · Offline · Parabola

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If two tangents drawn from a point to the parabola are at right angles, then the locus of is
  1. (A)
  2. (B)✓ Correct
  3. (C)
  4. (D)

Answer: (B)

Solution

For the parabola we have , so . The set of points from which the two tangents to a parabola are perpendicular is its directrix. The directrix of is , so here the locus of is .

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