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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