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2011 AIME Problems

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Table from triangle

In triangle ABCABC, BC=23BC = 23, CA=27CA = 27, and AB=30AB = 30. Points VV and WW are on AC\overline{AC} with VV on AW\overline{AW}, points XX and YY are on BC\overline{BC} with XX on CY\overline{CY}, and points ZZ and UU are on AB\overline{AB} with ZZ on BU\overline{BU}. In addition, the points are positioned so that UVBC\overline{UV} \parallel \overline{BC}, WXAB\overline{WX} \parallel \overline{AB}, and YZCA\overline{YZ} \parallel \overline{CA}. Right angle folds are then made along UV\overline{UV}, WX\overline{WX}, and YZ\overline{YZ}. The resulting figure is placed on a level floor to make a table with triangular legs. Let hh be the maximum possible height of a table constructed from triangle ABCABC whose top is parallel to the floor. Then hh can be written in the form kmn\tfrac{k \sqrt{m}}{n}, where kk and nn are relatively prime positive integers and mm is a positive integer that is not divisible by the square of any prime. Find k+m+nk + m + n.
[asy] unitsize(1 cm);
pair translate; pair[] A, B, C, U, V, W, X, Y, Z;
A[0] = (1.5,2.8); B[0] = (3.2,0); C[0] = (0,0); U[0] = (0.69*A[0] + 0.31*B[0]); V[0] = (0.69*A[0] + 0.31*C[0]); W[0] = (0.69*C[0] + 0.31*A[0]); X[0] = (0.69*C[0] + 0.31*B[0]); Y[0] = (0.69*B[0] + 0.31*C[0]); Z[0] = (0.69*B[0] + 0.31*A[0]);
translate = (7,0); A[1] = (1.3,1.1) + translate; B[1] = (2.4,-0.7) + translate; C[1] = (0.6,-0.7) + translate; U[1] = U[0] + translate; V[1] = V[0] + translate; W[1] = W[0] + translate; X[1] = X[0] + translate; Y[1] = Y[0] + translate; Z[1] = Z[0] + translate;
draw (A[0]--B[0]--C[0]--cycle); draw (U[0]--V[0],dashed); draw (W[0]--X[0],dashed); draw (Y[0]--Z[0],dashed); draw (U[1]--V[1]--W[1]--X[1]--Y[1]--Z[1]--cycle); draw (U[1]--A[1]--V[1],dashed); draw (W[1]--C[1]--X[1]); draw (Y[1]--B[1]--Z[1]);
dot("AA",A[0],N); dot("BB",B[0],SE); dot("CC",C[0],SW); dot("UU",U[0],NE); dot("VV",V[0],NW); dot("WW",W[0],NW); dot("XX",X[0],S); dot("YY",Y[0],S); dot("ZZ",Z[0],NE); dot(A[1]); dot(B[1]); dot(C[1]); dot("UU",U[1],NE); dot("VV",V[1],NW); dot("WW",W[1],NW); dot("XX",X[1],dir(-70)); dot("YY",Y[1],dir(250)); dot("ZZ",Z[1],NE); [/asy]