2004 AMC 10B Problem 22


A triangle with sides of length 5,12,5, 12, and 1313 has both an inscribed and a circumscribed circle. What is the distance between the centers of those circles?

(A) 352(B) 72(C) 15(D) 652(E) 92\mathrm{(A) \ } \frac{3\sqrt{5}}{2} \qquad \mathrm{(B) \ } \frac{7}{2} \qquad \mathrm{(C) \ } \sqrt{15} \qquad \mathrm{(D) \ } \frac{\sqrt{65}}{2} \qquad \mathrm{(E) \ } \frac{9}{2}


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