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If any tangent to the ellipse `(x^(2))/(a^(2)) + (y^(2))/(b^(2))=1` cuts off intercepts of length h and k on the axes, then `(a^(2))/(h^(2)) + (b^(2))/(k^(2))`=

A

0

B

1

C

`-1`

D

None of these

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B
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