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AIME 1983 Problem 15

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The adjoining figure shows two intersecting chords in a circle, with BB on minor arc ADAD. Suppose that the radius of the circle is 55, that BC=6BC=6, and that ADAD is bisected by BCBC. Suppose further that ADAD is the only chord starting at AA which is bisected by BCBC. It follows that the sine of the central angle of minor arc ABAB is a rational number. If this number is expressed as a fraction mn\frac{m}{n} in lowest terms, what is the product mnmn? [asy]size(100); defaultpen(linewidth(.8pt)+fontsize(11pt)); dotfactor=1; pair O1=(0,0); pair A=(-0.91,-0.41); pair B=(-0.99,0.13); pair C=(0.688,0.728); pair D=(-0.25,0.97); path C1=Circle(O1,1); draw(C1); label("AA",A,W); label("BB",B,W); label("CC",C,NE); label("DD",D,N); draw(A--D); draw(B--C); pair F=intersectionpoint(A--D,B--C); add(pathticks(A--F,1,0.5,0,3.5)); add(pathticks(F--D,1,0.5,0,3.5)); [/asy]

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