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The muinimum area of the triangle formed by the tangent to `(x^(2))/(a^(2))+(y^(2))/(b^(2))=1` and the coordinate axes is

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`(a^(2)+b^(2))/2` sq units

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`(a+b)^(2)/2` sq units

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`(a^(2)+ab+b^(2))/3` sq units

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