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If the tangent at any point P on the curve `x^m y^n = a^(m+n), mn != 0` meets the coordinate axes in A, B then show that `AP:BP` is a constant.

A

`m:n`

B

`n:m`

C

`-m:n`

D

`-n:m`

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