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Show that the tangent of an angle between the lines `(x)/(a)+(y)/(b)=1` and `(x)/(a)-(y)/(b)=1` and `(2ab)/(a^(2)-b^(2))`.

A

`(3ab)/(a^2-b^2)`

B

`(ab)/(a^2-b^2)`

C

`(2ab)/(a^2-b^2)`

D

`(4ab)/(a^2-b^2)`

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