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Overlapping Squares Octagon Area

1925SpecialistCoordinate GeometryGeometry

AIME · 1999 · Problem 4

The two squares shown share the same center $O_{}$ and have sides of length 1. The length of $\overline{AB}$ is $\frac{43}{99}$ and the area of octagon $ABCDEFGH$ is $\frac{m}{n}$ where $m_{}$ and $n_{}$ are relatively prime positive integers. Find $m+n.$ [[Image:AIME_1999_Problem_4.png]]
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