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Tangents are drawn to a unit circle with centre at the origin from each point on the line `2x + y = 4`. Then the equation to the locus of the middle point of the chord of contact is

A

`(pi)/(4)`

B

`(pi)/(16)`

C

`(pi)/(8)`

D

`(sqrt2pi)/(8)`

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