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Let the two foci of an ellipse be (-1,0) and (3,4) and the foot of perpendicular from focus (3,4) upon a tangent to the ellipse be (4,6).
The foot of perpendicular from focus (-1,0) upon the same tangent to the ellipse is

A

1

B

`2sqrt(2)`

C

`sqrt(17)`

D

`sqrt(19)`

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