JEE Advanced Mathematics question

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The set of points on the axis of the parabola from which the 3 normals to the parabola are all real and different is

Answer: (D)

Solution

: vertex , axis , so points on the axis are .

A general point is . There , so the normal has slope :

y - 2t = -t(x + 2 - ⇒ tx + y = 2t - 2t + = .

It passes through $(k, 0

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