A silo (right circular cylinder) with diameter 20 meters stands in a field. MacDonald is located 20 meters west and 15 meters south of the center of the silo. McGregor is located 20 meters east and meters south of the center of the silo. The line of sight between MacDonald and McGregor is tangent to the silo. The value of can be written as , where and are positive integers, is not divisible by the square of any prime, and is relatively prime to the greatest common divisor of and . What is the value of ?
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