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The angle between a pair of tangents from a point P to the circle `x^2 + y^2 = 25` is `pi/3`. Find the equation of the locus of the point P.

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`:.` Required locus is `x^(2)+y^(2)=(25)/(sin^(2)((pi)/(56)))=100`
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