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The foci of a hyperbola are and its eccentricity is . A tangent, perpendicular to the line , is drawn at a point in the first quadrant on the hyperbola. If the intercepts made by the tangent on the - and -axes are and respectively, then is equal to
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The given equation of hyperbola is
The tangent is perpendicular to .
Slope of tangent is
Equation of tangent,
Equation of tangent is
( Tangent is in quadrant
Converting the equation into intercept form:
Hence this is the required option.
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