Evolute of a Parabola
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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
Point(f) → ACircle(A, d) → c