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Geometry Difficulty 4.3 AIME Find the answer

Let EFGHEFGH, EFDCEFDC, and EHBCEHBC be three adjacent square faces of a cube, for which EC=8EC = 8, and let AA be the eighth vertex of the cube. Let II, JJ, and KK, be the points on EF\overline{EF}, EH\overline{EH}, and EC\overline{EC}, respectively, so that EI=EJ=EK=2EI = EJ = EK = 2. A solid SS is obtained by drilling a tunnel through the cube. The sides of the tunnel are planes parallel to AE\overline{AE}, and containing the edges, IJ\overline{IJ}, JK\overline{JK}, and KI\overline{KI}. The surface area of SS, including the walls of the tunnel, is m+npm + n\sqrt {p}, where mm, nn, and pp are positive integers and pp is not divisible by the square of any prime. Find m+n+pm + n + p.

A number or a short expression. Fractions can be typed as 3/2, and spacing doesn't matter.

Solution

Set the coordinate system so that vertex EE, where the drilling starts, is at (8,8,8)(8,8,8). Using a little visualization (involving some similar triangles, because we have parallel lines) shows that the tunnel meets the bottom face (the xy plane one) in the line segments joining (1,0,0)(1,0,0) to (2,2,0)(2,2,0), and (0,1,0)(0,1,0) to (2,2,0)(2,2,0), and similarly for the other three faces meeting at the origin (by symmetry). So one face of the tunnel is the polygon with vertices (in that order), S(1,0,0),T(2,0,2),U(8,6,8),V(8,8,6),W(2,2,0)S(1,0,0), T(2,0,2), U(8,6,8), V(8,8,6), W(2,2,0), and the other two faces of the tunnel are congruent to this shape.
Observe that this shape is made up of two congruent trapezoids each with height 2\sqrt {2} and bases 737\sqrt {3} and 636\sqrt {3}. Together they make up an area of 2(73+63)=136\sqrt {2}(7\sqrt {3} + 6\sqrt {3}) = 13\sqrt {6}. The total area of the tunnel is then 3136=3963\cdot13\sqrt {6} = 39\sqrt {6}. Around the corner EE we're missing an area of 66, the same goes for the corner opposite EE . So the outside area is 66426=3726\cdot 64 - 2\cdot 6 = 372. Thus the the total surface area is 372+396372 + 39\sqrt {6}, and the answer is 372+39+6=417372 + 39 + 6 = \boxed{417}.

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