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The locus of the foot of perpendicular from the forcus on any tangent to` y^(2) = 4ax ` is

A

`x^(2) + y^(2) = a^(2) -b^(2)`

B

` x^(2) + y^(2) =a^(2)`

C

`x^(2) + y^(2) = a^(2) +b^(2)`

D

x=0

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