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On a <math> 4\times 4\times 3 </math> rectangular parallelepiped, vertices <math>A</math>, <math>B</math>, and <math>C</math> are adjacent to vertex <math>D</math>. The perpendicular distance from <math>D</math> to the plane containing | On a <math> 4\times 4\times 3 </math> rectangular parallelepiped, vertices <math>A</math>, <math>B</math>, and <math>C</math> are adjacent to vertex <math>D</math>. The perpendicular distance from <math>D</math> to the plane containing | ||
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Problem
On a 
rectangular parallelepiped, vertices 
, 
, and 
are adjacent to vertex 
. The perpendicular distance from to the plane containing
, , and is closest to
![[asy] size(120); import three; currentprojection=orthographic(1, 4/5, 1/3); draw(box(O, (4,4,3))); triple A=(0,4,3), B=(0,0,0) , C=(4,4,0), D=(0,4,0); draw(A--B--C--cycle, linewidth(0.9)); label("$A$", A, NE); label("$B$", B, NW); label("$C$", C, S); label("$D$", D, E); label("$4$", (4,2,0), SW); label("$4$", (2,4,0), SE); label("$3$", (0, 4, 1.5), E); [/asy]](http://latex.artofproblemsolving.com/7/0/1/7010c0e675bed9ebff14ddb001a486ffc078df4c.png)
See also
| 1996 AHSME (Problems • Answer Key • Resources) | ||
| Preceded by Problem 27 |
Followed by Problem 29 | |
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| All AHSME Problems and Solutions | ||
