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Find the locus of the point which is such that the chord of contact of tangents drawn from it to the ellipse `(x^2)/(a^2)+(y^2)/(b^2)=1` form a triangle of constant area with the coordinate axes.

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The chord of constant of tangents from P(h,k) is `(hx)/(a^(2))+(ky)/(b^(2))=1`
It meetts the axes at the points `A((a^(2))/(h),0)andB (0,(b^(2))/(k))`
Area of the triangle , OAB is
`(1)/(2)*(a^(2))/(h)*(b^(2))/(k)=c` (constant)
`rArr hk=(a^(2)b^(2))/(2c)` (constant)
`rArr xy=(a^(2)b^(2))/(2c)`
This is the rquired equation of locus.
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