Prove that the product of the lengths of the perpendiculars drawn from the points((√a2 - b2 ,0)) and ((-√a2 - b2 ,0))

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asked Feb 9, 2018 in Mathematics by Rohit Singh (61,782 points) 35 133 357

Prove that the product of the lengths of the perpendiculars drawn from the points

((√a2 - b2 ,0)) and ((-√a2 - b2 ,0)) to the line x/a cosθ + y/b sinθ    = 1 is b2  

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answered Feb 9, 2018 by sameer (82,980 points) 5 11 37

The equation of the given line is

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