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AIME 1992 Problem 11

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Lines l1l_1^{} and l2l_2^{} both pass through the origin and make first-quadrant angles of π70\frac{\pi}{70} and π54\frac{\pi}{54} radians, respectively, with the positive x-axis. For any line ll^{}_{}, the transformation R(l)R(l)^{}_{} produces another line as follows: ll^{}_{} is reflected in l1l_1^{}, and the resulting line is reflected in l2l_2^{}. Let R(1)(l)=R(l)R^{(1)}(l)=R(l)^{}_{} and R(n)(l)=R(R(n−1)(l))R^{(n)}(l)^{}_{}=R\left(R^{(n-1)}(l)\right). Given that ll^{}_{} is the line y=1992xy=\frac{19}{92}x^{}_{}, find the smallest positive integer mm^{}_{} for which R(m)(l)=lR^{(m)}(l)=l^{}_{}.

Dataset text AIME 1983 to 2026. Quoted with source.

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