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If a tangent to the parabola `y^2 = 4ax` meets the axis of the parabola in `T` and the tangent at the vertex `A` in `Y,` and the rectangle `TAYG` is completed, show that the locus of `G` is `y^2 + ax = 0.`

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  • The vertex of the parabola y^2= 4ax is

    A
    (0,0)
    B
    (-9,0)
    C
    (9,0)
    D
    none of these

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