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The minimum area of triangle formed by the tangent to the ellipse `(x^(2))/(a^(2))+(y^(2))/(b^(2))=1` with the coordinate axes is

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`ab` sq units

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`(a^(2)+b^(2))/(2)` sq units

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`(a+b)^(2)/(2)` sq units

D

`(a^(2)+ab+b^(2))/(2)` sq units

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