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`alpha and beta` are eccentric angles of two points A and B on the ellipse `x^2/a^2+y^2/b^2=1` If P `(a cos theta , b sin theta)` be any point on the same ellipse such that the area of triangle PAB is maximum then prove that `theta=(alpha+beta)/2`

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