The area (in sq. units) of the triangle formed by the two tangents drawn from the external point $O(0,0)$ to the circle $x^2+y^2-2gx-2hy+h^2=0$ and their chord of contact is

  • A
    $\frac{gh}{h^3+g^2}$ sq. units
  • B
    $\frac{gh}{h^2+g^3}$ sq. units
  • C
    $\frac{hg^3}{h^2+g^2}$ sq. units
  • D
    $\frac{gh^3}{h^2+g^2}$ sq. units

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