Tangents are drawn to the ellipse $\frac{x ^{2}}{a ^{2}} + \frac{y ^{2}}{b ^{2}} = 1$ at two points whose eccentric angles are $α - β$ and $α + β$ The coordinates of their point of intersection are

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Tangents are drawn to the ellipse

\frac{x ^{2}}{a ^{2}} + \frac{y ^{2}}{b ^{2}} = 1

at two points whose eccentric angles are

α - β

and

α + β

The coordinates of their point of intersection are

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Tangents are drawn to the ellipse

\frac{x ^{2}}{a ^{2}} + \frac{y ^{2}}{b ^{2}} = 1

at two points whose eccentric angles are

α - β

and

α + β

The coordinates of their point of intersection are

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