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The locus of the mid-point of the chord of contact of tangents drawn from points lying on the straight line `4x – 5y = 20` to the circle `x^(2) + y^(2) = 9` is

A

`20(x^(2)+ y^(2)) - 36x + 45y = 0`

B

`20(x^(2) + y^(2)) + 36x - 45y = 0`

C

`36(x^(2) + y^(2)) - 20x + 45y = 0`

D

`36(x^(2) + y^(2)) + 20x - 45y = 0`

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