The area of the rectangle formed by the perpendiculars from the centre of the standard ellipse $\frac{x^2}{a^2} + \frac{y^2}{b^2} = 1$ to the tangent and normal at its point whose eccentric angle is $\pi /4$ is:

  • A
    $\frac{(a^2 - b^2)ab}{a^2 + b^2}$
  • B
    $\frac{a^2 - b^2}{(a^2 + b^2)ab}$
  • C
    $\frac{a^2 - b^2}{ab(a^2 + b^2)}$
  • D
    $\frac{a^2 + b^2}{(a^2 - b^2)ab}$

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