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

A

x+y=0

B

x-y=0

C

xy=0

D

xy=1

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