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AIME 2015b Problem 15

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Circles P\mathcal{P} and Q\mathcal{Q} have radii 11 and 44, respectively, and are externally tangent at point AA. Point BB is on P\mathcal{P} and point CC is on Q\mathcal{Q} so that line BCBC is a common external tangent of the two circles. A line ℓ\ell through AA intersects P\mathcal{P} again at DD and intersects Q\mathcal{Q} again at EE. Points BB and CC lie on the same side of ℓ\ell, and the areas of △DBA\triangle DBA and △ACE\triangle ACE are equal. This common area is mn\frac{m}{n}, where mm and nn are relatively prime positive integers. Find m+nm+n. [asy] import cse5; pathpen=black; pointpen=black; size(6cm); pair E = IP(L((-.2476,1.9689),(0.8,1.6),-3,5.5),CR((4,4),4)), D = (-.2476,1.9689); filldraw(D--(0.8,1.6)--(0,0)--cycle,gray(0.7)); filldraw(E--(0.8,1.6)--(4,0)--cycle,gray(0.7)); D(CR((0,1),1)); D(CR((4,4),4,150,390)); D(L(MP("D",D(D),N),MP("A",D((0.8,1.6)),NE),1,5.5)); D((-1.2,0)--MP("B",D((0,0)),S)--MP("C",D((4,0)),S)--(8,0)); D(MP("E",E,N)); [/asy]

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