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A point moves so that the sum of its distances from `(a e ,0)a n d(-a e ,0)` is `2a ,` prove that the equation to its locus is `(x^2)/(a^2)+(y^2)/(b^2)=1` , where `b^2=a^2(1-e^2)dot`

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