NCERT Miscellaneous Exercise Q22 - Straight Lines

Question: Prove that the product of the perpendiculars from the points (a, 0) and (0, b) to the line x/a + y/b = 1 equals b^2.

Answer: The product of the two perpendicular distances is b^2.

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