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AIME 2015b Problem 7

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Triangle ABCABC has side lengths AB=12AB = 12, BC=25BC = 25, and CA=17CA = 17. Rectangle PQRSPQRS has vertex PP on AB‾\overline{AB}, vertex QQ on AC‾\overline{AC}, and vertices RR and SS on BC‾\overline{BC}. In terms of the side length PQ=ωPQ = \omega, the area of PQRSPQRS can be expressed as the quadratic polynomial Area(PQRS)=αω−βω2.Area(PQRS) = \alpha \omega - \beta \omega^2. Then the coefficient β=mn\beta = \frac{m}{n}, where mm and nn are relatively prime positive integers. Find m+nm+n.

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