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The locus of the mid point of the portion of a tangent to the ellipse `(x^(2))/(a^(2))+(y^(2))/(b^(2))=1` included between the coordinate axes is

A

`(a^(2))/(x^(2))+(b^(2))/(y^(2))=1`

B

`(a^(2))/(x^(2))+(b^(2))/(y^(2))=2`

C

`(x^(2))/(a^(2))+(y^(2))/(b^(2))=4`

D

`(a^(2))/(x^(2))+(b^(2))/(y^(2))=4`

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