conics question from SBHS trial '86 (1 Viewer)

[jkwii]

got a question, never seen it b4.

P and Q are the end points of a focal chord of the ellipse x^2/a^2 + y^2/b^2 = 1.
if P and Q have parameters alpha and beta, show that e^-1 = (sin alpha - sin beta)/sin (alpha - beta).????

help pls.....

 

[undalay]

here ya go.
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