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Tangents and normal drawn to the parabola `y^2=4a x` at point `P(a t^2,2a t),t!=0,` meet the x-axis at point `Ta n dN ,` respectively. If `S` is the focus of theparabola, then (a)`S P=S T!=S N` (b) `S P!=S T=S N` (c)`S P=S T=S N` (d) `S P!=S T!=S N`

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