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Find the locus of a tangent-segment midpoint

Curve CC has x=3t2x=3t^2, y=6ty=6t. The tangent at P=(3p2,6p)P=(3p^2,6p) meets the y-axis at DD. Find the Cartesian equation of the locus of the midpoint of PDPD as pp varies.

[2014/II/1(ii)]

CJC · Discussion · Question 6

Write the tangent at t=p, find its y-intercept, then eliminate p from the midpoint coordinates.

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