The square of the length of the tangent drawn from the point $(\alpha, \beta)$ to the circle $ax^2 + ay^2 = r^2$ is

  • A
    $a\alpha^2 + a\beta^2 - r^2$
  • B
    $\alpha^2 + \beta^2 - \frac{r^2}{a}$
  • C
    $\alpha^2 + \beta^2 + \frac{r^2}{a}$
  • D
    $\alpha^2 + \beta^2 - r^2$

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