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Locus of the feet of the perpendiculars drawn from either foci on a variable tangent to the hyperbola `16y^2 -9 x^2 = 1` is

A

`x^(2)+y^(2)=9`

B

`x^(2)+y^(2)=1//9`

C

`x^(2)+y^(2)=7//1444`

D

`x^(2)+y^(2)=1//16`

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