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If the chord joining the points `P(theta)'` and `'Q(phi)'` of the ellipse `x^2/a^2+y^2/b^2=1` subtends a right angle at (a,0) prove that `tan(theta/2)tan(phi/2)=-b^2/a^2`.

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