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2018 AMC 10AProblem 15P11-15~4 minPrint

Two circles of radius 55 are externally tangent to each other and are internally tangent to a circle of radius 1313 at points AA and BB , as shown in the diagram. The distance ABAB can be written in the form mn\tfrac{m}{n} , where mm and nn are relatively prime positive integers. What is m+nm+n ?

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