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The coordinate axes are rotated about the origin `O` in the counter clockwise direction through an angle `60^(circ) .` If `p` and `q` are the intercepts made on the new axes by a line whose equation referred to the original axes is `x+y=1` then `(1)/(p^(2))+(1)/(q^(2))=`

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