Tangents are drawn to a unit circle with centre at the origin from each point on the line $2x + y = 4$. Then the equation to the locus of the middle point of the chord of contact is

  • A
    $2 (x^2 + y^2) = x + y$
  • B
    $2 (x^2 + y^2) = x + 2y$
  • C
    $4 (x^2 + y^2) = 2x + y$
  • D
    none

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