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The chord of contact of the pair of tangents drawn from each point on the line `2 x+y=4` to the circle `x^(2)+y^(2)=1` passes through the point

A

(1,2)

B

`((1)/(2), (1)/(4))`

C

(2,4)

D

none of these

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