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Triangle `A B C` with `A B=13 ,B C=5,` and `A C=12` slides on the coordinates axes with `Aa n dB` on the positive x-axis and positive y-axis respectively. The locus of vertex `C` is a line `12 x-k y=0.` Then the value of `k` is_____________

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