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A tangent PQ at a point P of a circle of radius 5 cm meets a line through the centre O at a point Q so that `O Q=12 c m`. Length PQ is :
(A) 12 cm (B) 13 cm (C) 8.5 cm (D) `sqrt(119)`cm.

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