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A bar of given length moves with its extremitieson two fixed straight lines at right angles. Show that any point on the bardescribes an ellipse.

Answer» OX and OY are fixed lines AB is bar, Let point P(x,y) on AB it divides the line AB in a:b draw PM`_|_`OY and PL`_|_`OX
`PM=x=acostheta`
`x/a=costheta`
`PL=y=bsintheta`
`y/b=sintheta`
`cos^2theta+sin^2theta=1`
`(x/a)^2+(y/b)^2=1`
`x^2/a^2+y^2/b^2=1`.


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