If two distinct chords drawn from the point `(a, b)` on the circle `x^2+y^2-ax-by=0` (where `ab!=0)`
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Date: 2020-04-12

If two distinct chords drawn from the point `(a, b)` on the circle `x^2+y^2-ax-by=0` (where `ab!=0)` are bisected by the x-axis, then the roots of the quadratic equation `bx^2 - ax + 2b = 0` are necessarily. (A) imaginary (B) real and equal (C) real and unequal (D) rational