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Prove that the area of the parallelogram formed by the lines
`x cos alpha+y sin alpha=p ,x cos alpha+y sin alpha=q` ,
`x cos beta+y sin beta=r and x cos beta+y sin beta=s` is
`±(p−q)(r−s)cosec(α−β).`

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