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The locus of the point the chord of contact of tangents from which to the ellipse `(x^2)/(a^2) + (y^2)/(b^2) = 1` touches the circle `x^2 + y^2 = c^2` is...........

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`(x^2)/(a^4) + (y^2)/(b^4) = 1/(c^2) `
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