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Find the locus of the midpoint of normal chord of parabola `y^2=4a xdot`

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To find the locus of the midpoint of the normal chord of the parabola \( y^2 = 4ax \), we will follow these steps: ### Step 1: Define the points on the parabola Let \( P(t) \) be a point on the parabola, which can be represented as: \[ P(t) = (at^2, 2at) \] where \( t \) is a parameter. ...
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