The sum of the intercepts on the coordinate axes made by the tangent to the curve $\sqrt{x} + \sqrt{y} = \sqrt{a}$ is

  • A
    $a$
  • B
    $2a$
  • C
    $2\sqrt{a}$
  • D
    None of these

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