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In the figure, a triangle ABC is drawn to circumscribe a circle of radius 2 cm such that the segments BD and DC into which BC is divided by the point of contact are the lengths 4 cm and 3 cm respectively. If the area of `DeltaABC=21 cm^(2)`, find the length of sides AB and AC.

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`AB= 7.5 cm`
`AC = 6.5 cm`.
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