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The equation of the chord of contact of tangents drawn from a point (2,-1) to the hyperbola \mathrm{16 x^2-9 y^2=144} is

Option: 1

\mathrm{9 x+32 y=144}


Option: 2

\mathrm{32 x-9 y=144}


Option: 3

\mathrm{32 x+9 y=144}


Option: 4

\mathrm{\text { none of these }}


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The given equation of hyperbola is \mathrm{\frac{x^2}{9}-\frac{y^2}{16}=1}

Now, the equation of chord of contact of tangents drawn from a point (2,-1) be

\frac{x(2)}{9}-\frac{y(-1)}{16}=1 \Rightarrow 32 x+9 y=144

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