If from the vertex of the parabola  a pair of chords be drawn at right angles to one another and with these chords as adjacent sides a rectangle be made, prove that the locus of the farther angle of the rectangle is the parabola y² = 4a(x – 8a)

A series of chords of the parabola  is drawn so that their projections on a straight line which is inclined at an angle α to the axis are all of constant length c, prove that the locus of their middle point is the curve
(y² – 4ax) (y cosα + 2a sinα)² + a²c² = 0

Prove that the locus of the poles of chords of the parabola  which subtend a right angle at a fixed point (h, k) is
ax² – hy² + (4a² + 2ah)x – 2aky + a(h² + k²) = 0

Prove that the locus of the middle points of all tangents drawn from points on the directrix to the parabola  is
y² (2x + a) = a (3x + a)²

Let T be the pole of the chord PQ of a parabola; prove that the perpendicular from P, T, Q upon any tangent to the parabola are in geometric progression.

A circle is described on a focal chord of the parabola  as diameter, if m is the tangent of the inclination of the chord to the axis, prove that the equation of the circle is
 

LOLʹ and MOMʹ are two chords of a parabola passing through the point O on the axis. Prove that the radical axis of the circles described on LLʹ and MMʹ as diameter passes through the vertex of the parabola.

If a chord which is normal to the parabola at one end subtends a right angle at the vertex, prove that it is inclined at an angle  to the axis.

From the point where any normal to the parabola y² = 4ax meets the axis is drawn a line perpendicular to the normal. Prove that this line always touches an equal parabola.

Prove that the locus of the poles of chords that are normal to the parabola y² = 4ax is the curve
y² (x + 2a) + 4a³ = 0

Find the locus of the middle point of chords of the parabola y² = 4ax which subtend a right angle at the vertex, and prove that these chords will pass through a fixed point on the axis of the curve.

From an external point P tangents are drawn to the parabola y² = 4ax; find the equation of the locus of P when these tangents make angles θ₁ and θ₂ with the axis, such that
tanθ₁ + tanθ₂ is a constant (= b)

From an external point P tangents are drawn to the parabola y² = 4ax; find the equation of the locus of P when these tangents make angles θ₁ and θ₂ with the axis, such that
 θ₁ + θ₂ is a constant (= 2α)

From an external point P tangents are drawn to the parabola y² = 4ax; find the equation of the locus of P when these tangents make angles θ₁ and θ₂ with the axis, such that
cos θ₁ cosθ₂ is a constant (= μ)

Two tangents to the parabola y² = 4ax meet at an angle of 45°; prove that the locus of their point of intersection is the curve y² – 4ax = (x + a)². If they meet at an angle of 60°, prove that the locus is .

Prove that the locus of the point of intersection of two tangents to a parabola which intercept a given distance 4c on the tangent at the vertex is an equal parabola.

If the normals at P and Q meet on the parabola, prove that the point of intersection of the tangents at P and Q lie either on a certain straight line, which is parallel to the vertex or on the curve whose equation is y² (x + 2a) + 4a³ = 0

Two tangents to a parabola intercept on a fixed tangent segment whose product is constant; prove that the locus of their point of intersection is a straight line.

A point P is such that the straight line drawn through it perpendicular to its polar with respect to the parabola y² = 4ax touches the parabola x² = 4by. Prove that its locus is the straight line 2ax + by + 4a² =0

Two equal parabolas A and B have the same vertex and axis but their concavity turned in opposite directions; prove that the locus of poles with respect to B of tangent to A is the parabola A.

Prove that the locus of the pole of tangents to parabola y² = 4ax with respect to the circle x² + y² = 2ax is the circle x² + y² = ax.

Show that the locus of the poles of tangents to the parabola y² = 4ax with respect to the parabola y² = 4bx is the parabola

Find the locus of the middle points of the chord of the parabola y² = 4ax which passes through the focus.