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ABCD

is a quadrilateral with right angles at

A

and

C

. Points

E

and

F

are on

AC

, and

DE

and

BF

are perpendicular to

AC

. If

AE=3

DE=5

, and

CE=7

, then

BF=

[asy] draw((0,0)--(10,0)--(3,-5)--(0,0)--(6.5,3)--(10,0)); draw((6.5,0)--(6.5,3)); draw((3,0)--(3,-5)); dot((0,0)); dot((10,0)); dot((3,0)); dot((3,-5)); dot((6.5,0)); dot((6.5,3)); label("A", (0,0), W); label("B", (6.5,3), N); label("C", (10,0), E); label("D", (3,-5), S); label("E", (3,0), N); label("F", (6.5,0), S);[/asy]

\text{(A)} \ 3.6 \qquad \text{(B)} \ 4 \qquad \text{(C)} \ 4.2 \qquad \text{(D)} \ 4.5 \qquad \text{(E)} \ 5

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