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Points, Lines & Planes · Superchallenge problem

Segment AB‾\overline{AB} has length 9696. Let P0=AP_0 = A and P1=BP_1 = B, and for each n≥1n \ge 1 let Pn+1P_{n+1} be the midpoint of Pn−1Pn‾\overline{P_{n-1}P_n}. The points P0,P1,P2,…P_0, P_1, P_2, \ldots all lie on AB‾\overline{AB} and get closer and closer to a single point LL. Find ALAL.