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The tangents drawn from the point P to the ellipse `5x^(2) + 4y^(2) =20` are mutually perpendi­cular then P =

A

`(sqrt(5),sqrt(8))`

B

`(sqrt(8),1)`

C

`(sqrt(3),-1)`

D

`(sqrt(3),sqrt(2))`

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