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The figure shows the motion of a planet around the sun in an elliptical orbit with sun at the focus. The shaded areas A and B are also shown in the figure which can be assumed to be equal. If \[{{t}_{1}}\] and \[{{t}_{2}}\] represent the time for the planet to move from a to b and d to c respectively, then       [CPMT 1986, 88]

A)             \[{{t}_{1}}<{{t}_{2}}\]     

B)             \[{{t}_{1}}>{{t}_{2}}\]

C)             \[{{t}_{1}}={{t}_{2}}\]

D)             \[{{t}_{1}}\le {{t}_{2}}\]