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2019 AMC 10A Problem 21

A sphere with center O has radius 6. A triangle with sides of length 15, 15, and 24 is situated in space so that each of its sides are tangent to the sphere. What is the distance between O and the plane determined by the triangle?

\textbf{(A) } 2\sqrt{3} \qquad \textbf{(B) }4 \qquad \textbf{(C) } 3\sqrt{2} \qquad \textbf{(D) } 2\sqrt{5} \qquad \textbf{(E) } 5


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