AIME 1989 Problem 12
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Let be a tetrahedron with , , , , , and , as shown in the figure. Let be the distance between the midpoints of edges and . Find . [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("",A,down,p); dot("",B,right,p); dot("",C,left,p); dot("",D,up,p); dot("",P,dir(-45),p); dot("",Q,0.2*(Q-P),p); label("",B--D,2dir(30),fontsize(10)); label("",A--C,2dir(210),fontsize(10)); label("",A--D,1.5*dir(30),fontsize(10)); label("",(3,0),up,fontsize(10)); [/asy]
Dataset text AIME 1983 to 2026. Quoted with source.
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