Evolute of a Parabola

Evolute of a Parabola
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2020-06-12 16:00
This example demonstrates the evolute of a parabola. The evolute is the envelope of the family of tangent lines to a curve. In this case, by constructing the tangents to a family of parabolas, the evolute is obtained. GeoGebra commands used include Point and Circle. Suitable for high school mathematics education, particularly in coordinate geometry and calculus.

GeoGebra Commands & Parameters

  1. Point(f) → A
  2. Circle(A, d) → c