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AIME 2017a Problem 6

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A circle is circumscribed around an isosceles triangle whose two congruent angles have degree measure xx. Two points are chosen independently and uniformly at random on the circle, and a chord is drawn between them. The probability that the chord intersects the triangle is 1425\frac{14}{25}. Find the difference between the largest and smallest possible values of xx.

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