The locus of the feet of the perpendiculars drawn from either focus onto a variable tangent to the hyperbola $16y^2 - 9x^2 = 1$ is

  • A
    $x^2 + y^2 = 9$
  • B
    $x^2 + y^2 = 1/9$
  • C
    $x^2 + y^2 = 7/144$
  • D
    $x^2 + y^2 = 1/16$

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