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?
- A
- B
- C
- D
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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