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AIME 2024b Problem 8

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Torus TT is the surface produced by revolving a circle with radius 33 around an axis in the plane of the circle that is a distance 66 from the center of the circle (so like a donut). Let SS be a sphere with a radius 1111. When TT rests on the inside of SS, it is internally tangent to SS along a circle with radius rir_i, and when TT rests on the outside of SS, it is externally tangent to SS along a circle with radius ror_o. The difference ri−ror_i-r_o can be written as mn\tfrac{m}{n}, where mm and nn are relatively prime positive integers. Find m+nm+n. [asy] /* Made by Mathemagician108 */ unitsize(0.3 inch); draw(ellipse((0,0), 3, 1.75)); draw((-1.2,0.1)..(-0.8,-0.03)..(-0.4,-0.11)..(0,-0.15)..(0.4,-0.11)..(0.8,-0.03)..(1.2,0.1)); draw((-1,0.04)..(-0.5,0.12)..(0,0.16)..(0.5,0.12)..(1,0.04)); draw((0,2.4)--(0,-0.15)); draw((0,-0.15)--(0,-1.75), dashed); draw((0,-1.75)--(0,-2.25)); draw(ellipse((2,0), 1, 0.9)); draw((2.03,-0.02)--(2.9,-0.4)); [/asy]

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