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AIME 1983 Problem 14

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In the adjoining figure, two circles with radii 88 and 66 are drawn with their centers 1212 units apart. At PP, one of the points of intersection, a line is drawn in such a way that the chords QPQP and PRPR have equal length. Find the square of the length of QPQP. [asy]size(160); defaultpen(linewidth(.8pt)+fontsize(11pt)); dotfactor=3; pair O1=(0,0), O2=(12,0); path C1=Circle(O1,8), C2=Circle(O2,6); pair P=intersectionpoints(C1,C2)[0]; path C3=Circle(P,sqrt(130)); pair Q=intersectionpoints(C3,C1)[0]; pair R=intersectionpoints(C3,C2)[1]; draw(C1); draw(C2); draw(O2--O1); dot(O1); dot(O2); draw(Q--R); label("QQ",Q,NW); label("PP",P,1.5*dir(80)); label("RR",R,NE); label("12",waypoint(O1--O2,0.4),S);[/asy]

Dataset text AIME 1983 to 2026. Quoted with source.

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