A line can have at most one root and so coincident roots for a line are not possible.
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You need more than one tangent to find the equation of a parabola.
(2, -2)
There is no sensible simplification. One possible answer is (tan + 1)*(tan - 1)
-2
[1+(y')2]3 = [yy"+1+(y')2]2