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AMC 12 2015a Problem 24

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Rational numbers aa and bb are chosen at random among all rational numbers in the interval [0,2)[0,2) that can be written as fractions nd\frac{n}{d} where nn and dd are integers with 1≤d≤51 \le d \le 5. What is the probability that (cos(aπ)+isin(bπ))4(\text{cos}(a\pi)+i\text{sin}(b\pi))^4 is a real number?

\textbf{(A)}\ \frac{3}{50} \textbf{(B)}\ \frac{4}{25} \textbf{(C)}\ \frac{41}{200} \textbf{(D)}\ \frac{6}{25} \textbf{(E)}\ \frac{13}{50}

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