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The tangent and normal to the ellipse `x^(2) + 4y^(2) = 4` at a point P(0) on it meets the major axis in Q and R respectively. If `0lt (pi)/(2)` and QR = 2 then show that `theta = cos^(-1)(2/3)` .

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