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Find the area of the triangle formed
by the tangent at `P(x_(1), y_(1))` to the circle
`x^(2) +y^(2) = a^(2)` with co-ordinate axes
where `x_(1), y_(1) ne 0`.

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`= a^(4) /(2abs(x_(1) y_(1)))`
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