Tangent to a Parabola
Tangent to a Parabola: Overview
This topic covers concepts, such as, Shortest Distance between Parabola and a Line, Tangent to a Parabola, Angle between Tangents from an External Point & Director Circle of a Parabola etc.
Important Questions on Tangent to a Parabola
The tangents drawn at P and Q on the circumference of a circle intersect at A. If is , then the measure of is equal to______.

Let denote a parabola in the plane and let a point be given. How many lines in the plane satisfy

If two tangents are drawn from the point two tangents are drawn to the parabola . Then, the angle between two tangents is

If two tangents drawn from a point to the parabola are at right angles, then the locus of is

If is a tangent to both the parabolas, and then is equal to

The equation of tangent with slope to Parabola is ......

The equation of the common tangent to the curves and is . The value of is equal to

The area of the triangle formed by tangents of the parabola at the three points on the parabola having parameter and is

The equation of tangent to the parabola inclined at to the -axis is

The line is a tangent at point , intersect the directrix at and tangent at vertex at respectively. If the focus of parabola is then value of is

Let and If the tangent at the point to the circle touches the parabola, then is equal to_______.

The radius of the circle, touching the parabola at and passing through is

The equation of the tangent to the parabola having slope , is

Two tangents are drawn from the exterior point to the parabola touching it at points , then area of (in sq. units) is equal to

If is the angle between the two tangents drawn from a point to the parabola . then the value of is

Tangents are drawn at the points on the parabola and these tangents meet each other to form a triangle as shown in the given figure.
If area of and perimeter of , then find inradius of the triangle .

The equation of the given parabola to which the line is a tangent for any real value of , is

Find the radius of circle touching the parabola at an end of latus rectum and passing through focus of the parabola.

Equation of the common tangent to the equal parabolas is

Find the locus of the Orthocentre of the triangle formed by three tangents of the parabola
