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the tangent drawn at any point `P` to the parabola `y^2= 4ax` meets the directrix at the point `K.` Then the angle which `KP` subtends at the focus is

A

`pi/4`

B

`pi/3`

C

`pi/2`

D

`(2pi)/2`

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