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Find the equation of the straight lines passing through the origin and perpendicular to: ax²-2hxy-by²​

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The equation of a straight line passing through the origin can be written in the form y = mx, where m is the slope of the line. To find the equation of a line that is perpendicular to a given line, we need to find the negative reciprocal of the slope of the given line.

A line that is perpendicular to a line with the equation ax²-2hxy-by², we can find the slope of the given line by taking the derivative with respect to x.

The slope of the line is -2hy/ax.

The negative reciprocal of this slope is ax/2hy.

So the equation of the line perpendicular to ax²-2hxy-by² and passing through the origin is y = ax/2hy * x.

Note that if a = 0, the line is parallel to Y-axis and if b = 0, the line is parallel to X-axis.

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