The locus of the centre of a circle passing through $(a, b)$ and cutting orthogonally to the circle $x^2 + y^2 = p^2$ is

  • A
    $2ax + 2by - (a^2 + b^2 + p^2) = 0$
  • B
    $2ax + 2by - (a^2 - b^2 + p^2) = 0$
  • C
    $x^2 + y^2 - 3ax - 4by + (a^2 + b^2 - p^2) = 0$
  • D
    $x^2 + y^2 - 2ax - 3by + (a^2 - b^2 - p^2) = 0$

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