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If the tangent from a point P to the circle `x^(2)+y^(2)=1` is perpendicular to the tangent from P to the circle `x^(2)+y^(2)=3`, then the locus of P is

A

a circle of radius

B

a circle of radius

C

a circle of radius

D

none

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