The number of distinct normals that can be drawn from (-2, 1) to the parabola y^2 - 4x - 2y - 3 = 0 is

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The number of distinct normals that can be drawn from to the parabola is

Answer: (A)

: vertex , , axis .

The point lies on the axis, at a distance 1 *behind* the vertex (outside the parabola: ).

Shift the origin to th

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