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The locus of a point which moves such that the difference of its distances from the points (5, 0) and `(-5, 0)` is 6 units is a conic, whose length of the latus rectum (in units) is equal to

A

4

B

`(16)/(3)`

C

8

D

`(32)/(3)`

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