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Find the length of the tangent drawn from any point on the circle `x^2+y^2+2gx+2fy+c_1=0` to the circle `x^2+y^2+2gx+2fy+c_2=0`

A

`sqrt(b-a)`

B

`sqrt(a-b)`

C

`sqrt(a+b)`

D

`sqrt(ab)`

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