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A piece of cheese is located at (12, 10) in a coordinate plane. A mouse is at (4,-2) and is running up the line ` y= -5x + 18 `. At the point (a, b), the mouse starts getting farther from the cheese rather than closer to it. The value of `(a+b)` is :

A

6

B

10

C

18

D

14

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