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If `y=mx+c` is the tangent to the ellipse `(x^(2))/(a^(2))+(y^(2))/(b^(2))=1` at any point on it, show that `c^(2)=a^(2)m^(2)+b^(2).` Find the coordinates of the point of contact.

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