The locus of the mid-points of all chords of the parabola $y^{2}=4ax$ passing through its vertex is another parabola with directrix:

  • A
    $x=-a$
  • B
    $x=a$
  • C
    $x=0$
  • D
    $x=-\frac{a}{2}$

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