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If the tangent at a point on the ellipse `x^2/27+y^2/3=1` meets the coordinate axes at `A` and `B,` and the origin, then the minimum area (in sq. units) of the triangle `OAB` is:

A

`3sqrt3`

B

`9/2`

C

9

D

`9sqrt3`

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