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The tangent of angle between the lines whose intercepts on the axes are a, - b and b, - a respectively, is

A

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

B

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

C

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

D

None of these

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