Properties of Parabola
Properties of Parabola: Overview
This topic covers concepts, such as, Properties of Parabola, Reflection Property of Parabola, Congruence of Two Parabolas & Properties of Parabola Similar to Other Conic Sections etc.
Important Questions on Properties of Parabola
At a point on the parabola tangent and normal are drawn. Tangent intersects the -axis at and normal intersects the parabola at such that chord subtends at its vertex. Then which of the following is/are TRUE?

Let and be distinct points on the parabola such that a circle with as diameter passes through the vertex of the parabola. If lies in the first quadrant and the area of the triangle is then the coordinates of can be

A circle passes through the points of intersection of the parabola and -axis. Then the length of tangent from origin to the circle is

Let the focus of the parabola lie on the focal chord of the same parabola. If the length units, then the ratio of length to the length of the latus rectum of the parabola is

If one end of a focal chord of the parabola is , the other end lies on

Let be the equation of tangent to a parabola at the point . If the focus of the parabola is at , then the equation of its directrix is

A variable chord of subtends a right angle at then the locus of point intersection of normals at and will be _____

A circle is drawn through the point of intersection of the parabola and the -axis
such that origin lies outside it . The length of a tangent to the circle from the origin is :

The length of focal chord to the parabola drawn from the point on it is :

The sides and of a triangle are given in position and the harmonic mean between the lengths and is also given; prove that the locus of the parabola touching the sides at and is a circle whose centre lies on the line bisecting the angle

The locus of the trisection point of any arbitrary double ordinate of the parabola is

Maximum number of points on parabola which are equidistant from a variable point (which lie inside the parabola), is/are:

The coordinates of focus of a parabola which touches the lines are

If the line cuts the parabola at and , then is equal to where [where ].

If and form a geometric progression with common ratio then the sum of the ordinates of the points of intersection of the line and the curve is

A line is drawn from to intersect the curve in and in the first quadrant such that , then slope of the line is always -

The set of values of for which at least one tangent to the parabola becomes normal to the circle , is (where is a real number)

On the parabola , the point at least distance from the straight line is

The equation of the mirror that can reflect all incident rays from origin parallel to -axis is

The normal to the parabola at the point meets the parabola again at the point
