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Show that the line `a^2x+a y+1=0` is perpendicular to the line `x-a y=1` for all non zero real values of `adot`

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The given lines are `a^2x + ay + 1 = 0 … (1)`
` x − ay = 1 … (2) `
Let m1 and m2 be the slopes of the lines (1) and (2).
` m_1.m_2 = - (a^2)/a×1/a = -1 `
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