If the chords of contact of tangents drawn from two points $(x_1, y_1)$ and $(x_2, y_2)$ to the ellipse $\frac{x^2}{a^2} + \frac{y^2}{b^2} = 1$ are at right angles,then $\frac{x_1 x_2}{y_1 y_2} = \dots$

  • A
    $\frac{a^2}{b^2}$
  • B
    $\frac{b^2}{a^2}$
  • C
    $-\frac{a^4}{b^4}$
  • D
    $-\frac{b^4}{a^4}$

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