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The product of the perpendiculars from the foci on any tangent to the ellipse `(x^(2))/(a^(2)) + (y^(2))/(b^(2)) = 1` is

A

`a^(2)`

B

`a^(1) - b^(2)`

C

`b^(2)`

D

`sqrt(a^(2) + b^(2))`

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