The product of the slopes of the common tangents to the ellipse $\frac{x^2}{32} + \frac{y^2}{8} = 1$ and the parabola $y^2 = 8x$ is:

  • A
    $\frac{1}{8}$
  • B
    $-\frac{1}{2}$
  • C
    $\frac{1}{4}$
  • D
    $-\frac{1}{4}$

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