The equation of the locus of the foot of the perpendicular drawn from the origin to a line passing through a fixed point $(a, b)$ is:

  • A
    $x^2 + y^2 - ax - by = 0$
  • B
    $x^2 + y^2 + ax + by = 0$
  • C
    $x^2 + y^2 - 2ax - 2by = 0$
  • D
    None of these

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