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If the chord of contact of tangents from a point on the circle `x^(2) + y^(2) = a^(2)` to the circle `x^(2)+ y^(2)= b^(2)` touches the circle `x^(2) + y^(2) = c^(2)`, then a, b, c are in-

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A.P.

B

H.P.

C

G.P.

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none of these

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