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The locus of the point which is such that the chord of contact of tangents drawn from it to the ellipse `(x^2)/(a^2)+(y^2)/(b^2)=1` forms a triangle of constant area with the coordinate axes is (a) straight line (b) a hyperbola (c) an ellipse (d) a circle

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