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The minimum area of the triangle formed by the tangent to `(x^2)/(a^2)+(y^2)/(b^2)=1` and the coordinate axes is `a b` sq. units (b) `(a^2+b^2)/2s qdot""u n i t s` `((a+b)^2)/2s qdot""u n i t s` (d) `(a^2+a b+b^2)/3` sq. units

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ad sq units

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

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

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`(a^(2)+ab+b^(2))/3` sq units

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