HMMT 2021 U15
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Two circles and of radius 1 and 2, respectively, are centered at the origin. A particle is placed at and is shot towards . When it reaches , it bounces off the circumference and heads back towards . The particle continues bouncing off the two circles in this fashion. If the particle is shot at an acute angle above the -axis, it will bounce 11 times before returning to for the first time. If for positive integers and , compute .
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