the area of the triangle formed by a line xcos alpha+y sin alpha=p with the coordinare axes is?coordinate axes is

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Let O be origin and line meet x and y axis at A and Brespectively.We havexcosα+ysinα=pFor x-axis, y=0xcosα+0=px=pcosαx=psecαHenceOA=psecαFor y-axisx=00+ysinα=py=psinαy=pcosecαHence OB=pcosecαArea of OAB=12×OA×OB=12×psecα×pcosecαArea=12p2secα.cosecα

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