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The product of the perpendiculars from the foci on any tangent to the ellipse `(x^(2))/(a^(2)) + (y^(2))/(b^(2)) = 1` is

A

`a^(2)`

B

`a^(2)-b^(2)`

C

` b^(2)`

D

` sqrt(a^(2)+b^(2))`

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