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AIME 2004a Problem 14

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A unicorn is tethered by a 2020-foot silver rope to the base of a magician's cylindrical tower whose radius is 88 feet. The rope is attached to the tower at ground level and to the unicorn at a height of 44 feet. The unicorn has pulled the rope taut, the end of the rope is 44 feet from the nearest point on the tower, and the length of the rope that is touching the tower is a−bc\frac{a-\sqrt{b}}c feet, where a,b,a, b, and cc are positive integers, and cc is prime. Find a+b+c.a+b+c.

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