Another exam question,
"Find the locus of a the point such that two of the normals drawn through it to the parabola $y^2=4ax$ are perpendicular to each other."
Does the locus mean the point of intersection of the two normals? I attempted to try to this by using the implicit derivative of the parabola and the locus as (x1,y1). Since its given as they meet but I can't get points of intersection.
Can someone help me out please?
Best Answer
Animation of the specified locus, for $a = 1/2$: