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A variable straight line drawn through the point of intersection of the straight lines `x/a+y/b=1` and `x/b+y/a=1` meets the coordinates axes at A and B. Show that the locus of the mid point of `bar(AB)` is `2(a+b)xy=ab(x+y)`.

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