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The tangents to `x^2+y^2=a^2` having inclinations `alpha` and `beta` intersect at `Pdot` If `cotalphacotbeta=0` , then find the locus of `Pdot`

A

`x+y=0`

B

`x-y=0`

C

`xy=0`

D

none of these

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