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Published on: August 13, 2026
The area of the triangle formed by the tangent to the hyperbola 
and co-ordinate axes is
A
B
C
D
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Verified by ExpertsThe correct answer is:
B
Given or
.....(i)
There are two points on the curve ( a , a ),(– a ,– a )
The equation of the line at 
is,
therefore, equation of the tangent at
is 
.The interception of line 
with x -axis is 2 a and with y -axis is 2 a .
Required area = 
.
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