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The locus of the midpoints of the chords which are drawn from the vertex of the parabola `y^(2)=4 a x` is

A

`y^(2)=4 a x`

B

`y^(2)=8 a x`

C

`y^(2)=2 a x`

D

`y^(2)=16 x`

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