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A circle with diameter  PQ of length 10 is internally tangent at P to a circle of  radius 20. Square ABCD is constructed with A and B on the large circle. CD is tangent at Q  to the smaller circle, and the smaller circle is outside ABCD. The length of AB can be written in the form of m+n,  where m and  n are integers, the m + n is

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Call the center of the larger circle O. extend the diameter pQ¯  to the other side of the square
(at point E), and draw  AO¯. We now have right triangle, with hypotenuse of length 20.
Since   OQ=OPPQ=2010=10,
We know that  OE=ABOQ=AB10
The other leg. AE , is just 12 AB 
Apply the Pythagorean theorem:
(AB10)2+(12AB)2=202 
 AB220AB+100+14AB2400=0
 AB216AB240=0
The quadratic formula shows that the answer is 
 16±162+4.2402=8±304.

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A circle with diameter  PQ of length 10 is internally tangent at P to a circle of  radius 20. Square ABCD is constructed with A and B on the large circle. CD is tangent at Q  to the smaller circle, and the smaller circle is outside ABCD. The length of AB can be written in the form of m+n,  where m and  n are integers, the m + n is