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Let a and b be the intercepts made by a line on the x-axes and y-axes respectively If the area of the triangle formed by the co-ordinate axes and the line is 6 sq. units and the lenght of the hypotenuse of this triangle is 5 units, derive two equations in a and b

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`ab = 12, a^2 + b^2 = 25`
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