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If one diameter of an ellipse bisects the chords parallel to another, then the second one bisects the chords parallel to the first. These types of diameters are called conjugate diameters.

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The midpoints of chords parallel to y = mx **** on the line b2x + a2my = 0. Hence, the midpoints of the chords parallel to b2x + a2my = 0 whose slope is

-b2/a2m lie on the line

That is, the midpoints of the parallel chords lie on the line y = mx.

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