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The length ofthe normal (terminated by the major axis) at a point of the ellipse `x^2/a^2+y^2/b^2=1` is

A

`b/a (r+ r_1)`

B

`b/a |r - r_1|`

C

`b/a sqrt(rr_1)`

D

independent of `r, r_1`

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