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Author: Annie Fetter
Description: Geometry, difficulty level 2. Given triangle ABC, with D on AB and E on BC. AC is 39 units, AD is x units, DB is 9 units, DE is 13 units, and BE is x units. If triangles ABC and EBD are similar, what's x, and what's the length of CE?
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