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Three circles touch one another externally , The tangents at their points of contact meet at a point whose distance from the point of contact is 4. The ratio of product of their radii to the sum of radii of the circles is

A

`16: 1`

B

`8: 7 `

C

` 3: 4`

D

` 1: 6`

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