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If the chords of contact of tangents from two points `(x_(1),y_(1)) and (x_(2),y_(2))` to the hyperola `x^(2)/a^(2)-y^(2)/b^(2)=1` are at right angles, then find `(x_(1)x_(2))/(y_(1)y_(2))`

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`(-a^(4))/(b^(4))`
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