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Let the lengths of intercepts on \(x\)-axis and \(y\)-axis made by the circle \(x^2+y^2+a x+2 a y+c=0,(a<0)\) be \(2 …

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Let the lengths of intercepts on \(x\)-axis and \(y\)-axis made by the circle \(x^2+y^2+a x+2 a y+c=0,(a<0)\) be \(2 \sqrt{2}\) and \(2 \sqrt{5}\), respectively. Then the shortest distance from origin to a tangent to this circle which is perpendicular to the line \(x+2 y=0\), is equal to :

[JEE Main 2021, 16 Mar (Shift 2)]

a

\(\sqrt{7}\)

b

\(\sqrt{6}\)

c

\(\sqrt{11}\)

d

\(\sqrt{10}\)

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