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The locus of the mid-point of the chord of contact of tangents drawn from points lying on the straight line `4x-5y=20` to the circle `x^2+y^2=9` is : (A) `20(x^2+y^2)-36x+45y=0` (B) `20(x^2+y^2)+36x-45y=0` (C) `20(x^2+y^2)-20x+45y=0` (D) `20(x^2+y^2)+20x-45y=0`

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