One or more options correct
The normal to the parabola at meets the parabola again at . Let be the focus of the parabola. Which of the following statements is (are) correct?
- A.
- B.
- C. The area of triangle is .
- D. The area of the region bounded by the chord and the parabola is .
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Answer: D
corresponds to the parameter on . The normal at meets the parabola again at , so ; option (A) with is wrong. , so (B) is wrong. With the area of is , not , so (C) is wrong. For (D) integrate in from to : the chord is and the parabola is ; since the difference is a quadratic with leading coefficient , the enclosed area is : correct. Answer: D only.
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