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A straight line moves so that the sum of the reciprocals of its intercepts made on axes is constant. Show that the line passes through a fixed point.

Intercepts form of a straight line is


where a and b are the intercepts on the axes


Given that:



this shows that the line is passing through the fixed point (k, k)


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