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ya, i really dont like that question lol...

but the answer is 183, i wasn't able to come up with the answer, i just looked at the answer key

Nah, I got it last year, when i took the AIME, i just found this forum

Here is alittle problem I was given last year on the AIME, solve it and I will believe that you guys are indeed smart mathematically, this was a non calculator question

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A tripod has three legs each of length 5 feet. When the tripod is set up, the angle between any pair of legs is equal to the angle between any other pair, and the top of the tripod is 4 feet from the ground In setting up the tripod, the lower 1 foot of one leg breaks off. Let h be the height in feet of the top of the tripod from the ground when the broken tripod is set up. Then h can be written in the form where m and n are positive integers and n is not divisible by the square of any prime. Find (The notation denotes the greatest integer that is less than or equal to x.)