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1972 AHSME Problem 13

[asy] draw(unitsquare);draw((0,0)--(.4,1)^^(0,.6)--(1,.2)); label("D",(0,1),NW);label("E",(.4,1),N);label("C",(1,1),NE); label("P",(0,.6),W);label("M",(.25,.55),E);label("Q",(1,.2),E); label("A",(0,0),SW);label("B",(1,0),SE); //Credit to Zimbalono for the diagram [/asy]

Inside square $ABCD$ (See figure) with sides of length $12$ inches, segment $AE$ is drawn where $E$ is the point on $DC$ which is $5$ inches from $D$ . The perpendicular bisector of $AE$ is drawn and intersects $AE, AD$ , and $BC$ at points $M, P$ , and $Q$ respectively. The ratio of segment $PM$ to $MQ$ is

$\textbf{(A) }5:12\qquad \textbf{(B) }5:13\qquad \textbf{(C) }5:19\qquad \textbf{(D) }1:4\qquad \textbf{(E) }5:21$

Full credit goes to MAA for authoring these problems. These problems were taken on the AOPS website.

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