find the equation of the line passing through the points (a cos alpha, asin alpha) and (acos beta, a sin beta)

Given points are acosα,asinα and acosβ,asinβ
Suppose y=mx+c be the equation of line passing through the two given points.
So slope of the line; m=asinβ-asinαacosβ-acosα
=m=sinβ-sinαcosβ-cosα=2sinβ-α2.cosβ+α22sinβ+α2.sinβ-α2=cosβ+α2sinβ+α2=cotβ+α2
So equation of line is y=cotβ+α2x+c
As this line passes through acosα,asinα; putting x=acosα and y=asinα in the above equation we get;
asinα=cotβ+α2acosα+cc=asinα-acosαcotβ+α2=asinα-cosαcotβ+α2

So the equation of required line is y=cotβ+α2x+asinα-cosαcotβ+α2

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