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The author formulates and analyzes the Darboux and Cauchy--Goursat problems as well as the modified and singular Darboux problems for the degenerate hyperbolic equation \[ \left(\frac{\partial^2}{\partial x^2} + \frac{p}{x}\frac{\partial} {\partial x} - \frac{\partial^2}{\partial y^2} - \frac{q}{y}\frac{\partial} {\partial y}\right)u(x,y) = 0 \] or \[ \xi\frac{\partial^2 u}{\partial\xi^2} + \alpha\frac{\partial u} {\partial\xi} - \eta\frac{\partial^2 u}{\partial \eta^2} - \beta\frac{\partial u} {\partial\eta} = 0, \qquad \alpha = \frac{1+p}{2}, \quad\beta = \frac{1+q}{2}, \quad u=u(\xi,\eta). \] The main aim of the article is to study well-posedness of these problems and obtain explicit formulas for solutions. The derivation of these formulas is based on using the inversions of the corresponding integral equations. The author proves that if \(1/2 \leq \alpha \leq 3/2\), \(1/2 \leq \beta \leq 3/2\), then the problem possesses a unique classical solution.