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Conditions obtained by Multiplication of Determinants

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 October 2008

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The condition that ax2 + 2hxy + by2 + 2gx + 2fy + c = 0 should represent two straight lines can be obtained very easily by considering the product

which is equal to

and is identically zero.

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