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Published on: August 14, 2026
If the line 
is a tangent to the parabola 
, then locus of its point of contact is
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C
Equation of tangent to parabola
.....(i)
Clearly, 
is also a chord of contact of tangents.
Therefore 
and 
represents the same line.
Hence, 
⇒ ⇒ 
Eliminating t , we get, 
i.e. , an equation of parabola.
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