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Let 'p' be the perpendicular distance from the centre C of the hyperbola `x^2/a^2-y^2/b^2=1` to the tangent drawn at a point R on the hyperbola. If `S & S'` are the two foci of the hyperbola, then show that `(RS + RS')^2 = 4 a^2(1+b^2/p^2)`.

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