Square of the length of the tangent drawn from the point $(\alpha ,\beta )$ to the circle $a{x^2} + a{y^2} = {r^2}$ 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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