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If the tangent at the point on the circle `x^2+y^2+6x +6y=2` meets the straight ine `5x -2y+6 =0` at a point Q on the y- axis then the length of PQ is

A

4

B

`2sqrt5`

C

5

D

`3sqrt5`

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