The minimum area of a triangle formed by any tangent to the ellipse $\frac{x^2}{16} + \frac{y^2}{81} = 1$ and the coordinate axes is

  • A
    $26$
  • B
    $12$
  • C
    $18$
  • D
    $36$

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