The locus of the points of intersection of perpendicular normals to the parabola $y^2=4ax$ is

  • A
    $y^2-2ax+a^2=0$
  • B
    $y^2+ax+2a^2=0$
  • C
    $y^2-ax+2a^2=0$
  • D
    $y^2-ax+3a^2=0$

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