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AB, AC are tangents to a parabola `y^2=4ax; p_1, p_2, p_3` are the lengths of the perpendiculars from A, B, C on any tangents to the curve, then `p_2,p_1,p_3` are in:

A

A.P

B

G.P

C

H.P

D

None of these

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