The area (in sq.units) of the quadrilateral formed by the tangents at the end points of the latera recta to the ellipse $\large\frac{x^2}{9} + \frac{y^2}{5} $$=1$ is :

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$\begin{array}{1 1} 27 \\ \frac{27}{4} \\ 18 \\ \frac{27}{2} \end{array} $