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Find the area of the triangle formed by three points on the ellipse `x^2/a^2+y^2/b^2=1` whose eccentric angles are `alpha, beta and gamma.`

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`2ab sin (alpha-beta)/(2) sin (beta-gamma)/(2)sin(gamma-alpha)/(2)`
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