CEMC Euclid, 2011

Number theory Difficulty 2.0 Junior Prove it Canada

A triangle has vertices $A(0,3)$ , $B(4,0)$ , $C(k,5)$ , where $0<k<4$ . If the area of the triangle is 8, determine the value of $k$ .

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