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The tangent at a point `P(acosvarphi,bsinvarphi)` of the ellipse `(x^2)/(a^2)+(y^2)/(b^2)=1` meets its auxiliary circle at two points, the chord joining which subtends a right angle at the center. Find the eccentricity of the ellipse.

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