Variable pairs of chords at right angles and drawn through a point (with eccentric angle ) on the ellipse to meet the ellipse at two points, say and .
If the line joining and passes through a fixed point and the value of can be expressed as , where and are coprime positive integers, submit your answer as .
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Let equation of AB be lx+my=1.Shift the origin to point P. Obtain the joint equation of pair of lines AP and BP in new frame by homogenizing equation of AB (in new frame) with equation of ellipse (in new frame).Now, equate (coefficient of x² +coefficient of y²)=0, to obtain the fixed point.