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AIME 2017a Problem 15

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The area of the smallest equilateral triangle with one vertex on each of the sides of the right triangle with side lengths 23, 5,2\sqrt{3},~5, and 37,\sqrt{37}, as shown, is mpn,\frac{m\sqrt{p}}{n}, where m, n,m,~n, and pp are positive integers, mm and nn are relatively prime, and pp is not divisible by the square of any prime. Find m+n+p.m+n+p. [asy] size(5cm); pair C=(0,0),B=(0,2sqrt(3)),A=(5,0); real t = .385, s = 3.5t-1; pair R = At+B(1-t), P=B*s; pair Q = dir(-60) * (R-P) + P; fill(P--Q--R--cycle,gray); draw(A--B--C--A^^P--Q--R--P); dot(A--B--C--P--Q--R); [/asy]

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