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Olympiad Geometry · Superchallenge problem

DEABC131310

Triangle ABCABC has AB=AC=13AB = AC = 13 and BC=10BC = 10. Point DD lies on AB‾\overline{AB} and point EE lies on AC‾\overline{AC} with DE‾∥BC‾\overline{DE} \parallel \overline{BC}, and segment DE‾\overline{DE} cuts the triangle into a smaller triangle and a trapezoid whose perimeters are equal. Find DEDE.