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AIME 2001b Problem 9

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Each unit square of a 3-by-3 unit-square grid is to be colored either blue or red. For each square, either color is equally likely to be used. The probability of obtaining a grid that does not have a 2-by-2 red square is mn\frac {m}{n}, where mm and nn are relatively prime positive integers. Find m+nm + n.

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