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A tangent to the parabola y^2=8x makes a...

A tangent to the parabola `y^2=8x` makes an angle of `45^0` with
the straight line `y=3x+5.` Then find one of the points of contact.

A

(a) `(1/2,2)`

B

(b) `(-1/2,2)`

C

(c) `(1/2,-2)`

D

(d) None of these

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C
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