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AIME 1989 Problem 12

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Let ABCDABCD be a tetrahedron with AB=41AB=41, AC=7AC=7, AD=18AD=18, BC=36BC=36, BD=27BD=27, and CD=13CD=13, as shown in the figure. Let dd be the distance between the midpoints of edges ABAB and CDCD. Find d2d^{2}. [asy] defaultpen(fontsize(10)+0.8); size(175); pair A,B,C,D,M,P,Q; C=origin; B=(8,0); D=IP(CR(C,6.5),CR(B,8)); A=(4,-3); P=midpoint(A--B); Q=midpoint(C--D); draw(B--C--D--B--A--C^^A--D); draw(D--P--C^^P--Q, gray+dashed+0.5); pen p=fontsize(12)+linewidth(3); dot("AA",A,down,p); dot("BB",B,right,p); dot("CC",C,left,p); dot("DD",D,up,p); dot("MM",P,dir(-45),p); dot("NN",Q,0.2*(Q-P),p); label("2727",B--D,2dir(30),fontsize(10)); label("77",A--C,2dir(210),fontsize(10)); label("1818",A--D,1.5*dir(30),fontsize(10)); label("3636",(3,0),up,fontsize(10)); [/asy]

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