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AIME 2001b Problem 12

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Given a triangle, its midpoint triangle is obtained by joining the midpoints of its sides. A sequence of polyhedra PiP_{i} is defined recursively as follows: P0P_{0} is a regular tetrahedron whose volume is 1. To obtain Pi+1P_{i + 1}, replace the midpoint triangle of every face of PiP_{i} by an outward-pointing regular tetrahedron that has the midpoint triangle as a face. The volume of P3P_{3} is mn\frac {m}{n}, where mm and nn are relatively prime positive integers. Find m+nm + n.

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