Point of Contact of a Normal

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Point of Contact of a Normal

If the normal to:

$$y^2=4ax$$

has parameter $$t$$, its point of contact is:

$$(at^2,2at)$$

Usage

- Used to recover the point on the parabola corresponding to a known normal parameter.

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