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Two tangents are drawn from (- 2, -1) to `y^(2)` = 4x. If `theta` is the acute angle between two tangents then Tan `theta` equal to

A

a) 3

B

b) `(1)/(3)`

C

c) 2

D

d) `(1)/(2)`

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