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AIME 2018b Problem 6

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A real number aa is chosen randomly and uniformly from the interval [−20,18][-20, 18]. The probability that the roots of the polynomial x4+2ax3+(2a−2)x2+(−4a+3)x−2x^4 + 2ax^3 + (2a - 2)x^2 + (-4a + 3)x - 2 are all real can be written in the form mn\dfrac{m}{n}, where mm and nn are relatively prime positive integers. Find m+nm + n.

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