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Suspended cube

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March 18, 2011
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Problem Statement

A cube with side length 10 is suspended above a plane. The vertex closest to the plane is labelled AA. The three vertices adjacent to vertex AA are at heights 10, 11, and 12 above the plane. The distance from vertex AA to the plane can be expressed as rst\tfrac{r-\sqrt{s}}{t}, where rr, ss, and tt are positive integers, and r+s+t<1000r+s+t<1000. Find r+s+tr+s+t.