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If the chord of contact of tangents from a point P `(x_1,y_1)` to the circle `x^2+y^2=a^2` touches the circle `(x-a)^2+y^2 = a^2`, then the locus of `(x_1, y_1)` is :

A

a circle

B

a parabola

C

an ellipse

D

hyperbola

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