Conic Sections: Challenge #6
Sub-unit: Parabola
If normals at the end of a variable chord 'PQ' of the parabola are perpendicular to each other then the locus of point of intersection of tangents at 'P' and 'Q' is a straight line which has the equation . Find the value of .
The answer is 2.
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