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HMMT 2013 U10

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Wesyu is a farmer, and she's building a cao (a relative of the cow) pasture. She starts with a triangle A0A1A2A_{0} A_{1} A_{2} where angle A0A_{0} is 90∘90^{\circ}, angle A1A_{1} is 60∘60^{\circ}, and A0A1A_{0} A_{1} is 1 . She then extends the pasture. First, she extends A2A0A_{2} A_{0} to A3A_{3} such that A3A0=12A2A0A_{3} A_{0}=\frac{1}{2} A_{2} A_{0} and the new pasture is triangle A1A2A3A_{1} A_{2} A_{3}. Next, she extends A3A1A_{3} A_{1} to A4A_{4} such that A4A1=16A3A1A_{4} A_{1}=\frac{1}{6} A_{3} A_{1}. She continues, each time extending AnAn−2A_{n} A_{n-2} to An+1A_{n+1} such that An+1An−2=12n−2AnAn−2A_{n+1} A_{n-2}=\frac{1}{2^{n}-2} A_{n} A_{n-2}. What is the smallest KK such that her pasture never exceeds an area of KK ?

Dataset text NuminaMath olympiads. Quoted with source.

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\sqrt{3}

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