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#38023

triangle

geometry

medium

90 sec

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In triangle $A BC$ , angle $B$ is a right angle. Point $D$ lies on $\overline{A C}$ and point $E$ lies on $\overline{BC}$ such that $\overline{D E}$ is parallel to $\overline{A B}$ . If $A C = 10$ , $BC = 8$ , and $D E = 3$ , what is the length of $\overline{A D}$ ?

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