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Show that the tangents drawn at those points of the ellipse `(x^(2))/(a)+(y^(2))/(b)=(a+b)`, where it is cut by any tangent to `(x^(2))/(a^(2))+(y^(2))/(b^(2))=1`, intersect at right angles.

A

`60^(@)`

B

`30^(@)`

C

`45^(@)`

D

`90^(@)`

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