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If the squares of the lengths from a point P to the circles `x^(2) + y^(2) = a^(2), x^(2) + y^(2) = b^(2) and x^(2) + y^(2) = c^(2) ` are in A.P., then

A

a, b, c, are in G.P.

B

a, b, c are in an A.P.

C

```a^(2) , b^(2), c^(2)` are in an A.P.

D

`a^(2), b^(2), c^(2)` are in G.P.

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C
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