AIME 1995 Problem 9
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Triangle is isosceles, with and altitude Suppose that there is a point on with and Then the perimeter of may be written in the form where and are integers. Find [asy] import graph; size(5cm); real lsf=0.5; pen dps=linewidth(0.7)+fontsize(10); defaultpen(dps); pen ds=black; real xmin=-1.55,xmax=7.95,ymin=-4.41,ymax=5.3; draw((1,3)--(0,0)); draw((0,0)--(2,0)); draw((2,0)--(1,3)); draw((1,3)--(1,0)); draw((1,0.7)--(0,0)); draw((1,0.7)--(2,0)); label("",(1,1.63),W); dot((1,3),ds); label("",(1,3),N); dot((0,0),ds); label("",(0,0),SW); dot((2,0),ds); label("",(2,0),SE); dot((1,0),ds); label("",(1,0),S); dot((1,0.7),ds); label("",(1,0.7),NE); clip((xmin,ymin)--(xmin,ymax)--(xmax,ymax)--(xmax,ymin)--cycle);[/asy]
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