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HMMT 2012 G6

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Triangle ABCA B C is an equilateral triangle with side length 1 . Let X0,X1,…X_{0}, X_{1}, \ldots be an infinite sequence of points such that the following conditions hold:

  • X0X_{0} is the center of ABCA B C
  • For all i≥0,X2i+1i \geq 0, X_{2 i+1} lies on segment ABA B and X2i+2X_{2 i+2} lies on segment ACA C.
  • For all i≥0,∡XiXi+1Xi+2=90∘i \geq 0, \measuredangle X_{i} X_{i+1} X_{i+2}=90^{\circ}.
  • For all i≥1,Xi+2i \geq 1, X_{i+2} lies in triangle AXiXi+1A X_{i} X_{i+1}.

Find the maximum possible value of ∑i=0∞∣XiXi+1∣\sum_{i=0}^{\infty}\left|X_{i} X_{i+1}\right|, where ∣PQ∣|P Q| is the length of line segment PQP Q.

Dataset text NuminaMath olympiads. Quoted with source.

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\sqrt{\frac{\sqrt{6}}{3}}

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