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The product of the perpendiculars drawn from the points `(pmsqrt(a^2-b^2,0))` on the line `x/a cos theta + y/b sin theta =1` is

A

`a^2`

B

`b^2`

C

`a^2+b^2`

D

`a^2-b^2`

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