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A ray of light is coming along the line =b from the positive direction of X-axis and strikes a concave mirror whose intersection with the xy- plane is parabola `y^2=4ax` , Find the equation of the reflected ray and show that it passes through the focus of the parabola. Both a and b are positive.

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