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The angle between the tangents drawn from the point (1, 4) to the parabola `y^2=4x` is `pi/6` (b) `pi/4` (c) `pi/3` (d) `pi/2`

A

`(pi)/(6)`

B

`(pi)/(4)`

C

`(pi)/(3)`

D

`(pi)/(2)`

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