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JEE Advanced2022Paper 1MATH-II
Q.

Consider the parabola . Let be the focus of the parabola. A pair of tangents drawn to the parabola from the point meet the parabola at and . Let and be points on the lines and respectively such that is perpendicular to and is perpendicular to . Then, which of the following is/are TRUE?

  1. A

  2. B

  3. C

  4. D

Solution

The focus is . Take a parametric point on ; its tangent is .

This tangent passes through : , i.e., .

So and .

Line : passes through and , with slope ; equation .

Line : passes through and ; equation .

is the foot of perpendicular from on . Using the standard formula,

So , , hence .

is the foot of perpendicular from on , so .

Compute:

(A is FALSE).

(C is TRUE).

(D is TRUE).

(B is TRUE).

The correct options are (B), (C) and (D).

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