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If the common tangents to the parabola, and the circle, intersect at the point , then the distance of from the origin (units), is:
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Let be the common tangent.
Then (condition of tangency for circle)
Solving with , we get
i.e.
Being a tangent, must have equal roots.
From
(As , so ).
So, both tangents have common intercept and thus intersect at .
Thus, distance of from origin is units.
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