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Published on: August 14, 2026
Let 
be the centre of the circle 
. If the tangents drawn at the points 
and 
on the given circle meet at the point 
, then the area of the quadrilateral 
is
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D
Given equation of circle
Centre of circle 
, radius 
Equation of tangents at 
is
Equation of tangents at 
Given that tangents 
and 
intersect at 
.
On solving (i) and (ii) we get coordinate of 
Length of 
Length of 
So, area of 
area of 
area of 
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