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AIME 1997 Problem 2

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The nine horizontal and nine vertical lines on an 8×88\times8 checkerboard form rr rectangles, of which ss are squares. The number s/rs/r can be written in the form m/n,m/n, where mm and nn are relatively prime positive integers. Find m+n.m + n.

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