The locus of the mid-points of the chords of an ellipse $x^{2}+4y^{2}=4$ that are drawn from the positive end of the minor axis is

  • A
    a circle with centre $\left(\frac{1}{2}, 0\right)$ and radius $1$
  • B
    a parabola with focus $\left(\frac{1}{2}, 0\right)$ and directrix $x=-1$
  • C
    an ellipse with centre $\left(0, \frac{1}{2}\right),$ major axis $1$ and minor axis $\frac{1}{2}$
  • D
    a hyperbola with centre $\left(0, \frac{1}{2}\right),$ transverse axis $1$ and conjugate axis $\frac{1}{2}$

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