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The product of the lengths of the perpendiculars drawn from two foci of the hyperbol `(x ^(2))/( a ^(2)) -(y ^(2))/(b ^(2)) =1` to any tangent to this hyperbola is :

A

`a ^(2)`

B

`2a ^(2)`

C

`b ^(2)`

D

`2b ^(2)`

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