Find The Locus Of A Pint P which Moves Such That Two Of The Three Normal’s Drawn From It To The Parabola y2 = 4ax are Mutually Perpendicular.

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Question

Find the locus of a pint P which moves such that two of the three normal’s drawn from it to the parabola y2 = 4ax are mutually perpendicular.

Solution

Correct option is

y2 = a(x – 3a).

Let point P(h, k) at normal to parabola be y = mx – 2am – am3. If this normal passes through (h, k), then

am3 + (2a – h)m + k = 0                       … (1)

If m1, m2, m3 be the roots of (1), then

m1 + m2 + m3 = 0                                 … (2)

     … (3)

                                 … (4)

Here is given that m1 m2 = –1

So,   

Putting the value in (2) we get, .

 k2 = a(h – 3a)

So, locus of P is y2 = a(x – 3a).

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