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

A

`a^(2)`

B

`b^(2)`

C

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

D

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

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