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If the sum of the squares of the intercepts on the axes cut off by tangent to the curve `x^(1/3)+y^(1/3)=a^(1/3),\ a >0` at `(a/8, a/8)` is 2, then `a=` 1 (b) 2 (c) 4 (d) 8

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