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AIME 1990 Problem 14

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The rectangle ABCDABCD^{}_{} below has dimensions AB=123AB^{}_{} = 12 \sqrt{3} and BC=133BC^{}_{} = 13 \sqrt{3}. Diagonals AC‾\overline{AC} and BD‾\overline{BD} intersect at PP^{}_{}. If triangle ABPABP^{}_{} is cut out and removed, edges AP‾\overline{AP} and BP‾\overline{BP} are joined, and the figure is then creased along segments CP‾\overline{CP} and DP‾\overline{DP}, we obtain a triangular pyramid, all four of whose faces are isosceles triangles. Find the volume of this pyramid. [asy] pair D=origin, A=(13,0), B=(13,12), C=(0,12), P=(6.5, 6); draw(B--C--P--D--C^^D--A); filldraw(A--P--B--cycle, gray, black); label("AA", A, SE); label("BB", B, NE); label("CC", C, NW); label("DD", D, SW); label("PP", P, N); label("13313\sqrt{3}", A--D, S); label("12312\sqrt{3}", A--B, E);[/asy]

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