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Published on: August 13, 2026
If the tangent and normal to a rectangular hyperbola cut off intercepts 
and 
on one axis and 
and 
on the other axis, then
A
B
C
D
None of these
Text Solution
Verified by ExpertsThe correct answer is:
C
Let the hyperbola be 
. Tangent at any point t is 
Putting 
and then 
intercepts on the axes are 
and 
Normal is 
.
Intercepts as above are 
, 
=
; 
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