Line Negative Pedal Curve

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The negative pedal curve of a line specified parametrically by

			(1)
			(2)

is given by

			(3)
			(4)

which is a parabola.

See also

Line, Negative Pedal Curve, Parabola

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References

Lockwood, E. H. A Book of Curves. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, p. 157, 1967.

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Weisstein, Eric W. "Line Negative Pedal Curve." From MathWorld--A Wolfram Web Resource. https://mathworld.wolfram.com/LineNegativePedalCurve.html

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