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Rectangle with parallel segments EF length

1925SpecialistCoordinate GeometryGeometry

AIME I · 2011 · Problem 2

In rectangle $ABCD$, $AB = 12$ and $BC = 10$. Points $E$ and $F$ lie inside rectangle $ABCD$ so that $BE = 9$, $DF = 8$, $\overline{BE} \parallel \overline{DF}$, $\overline{EF} \parallel \overline{AB}$, and line $BE$ intersects segment $\overline{AD}$. The length $EF$ can be expressed in the form $m \sqrt{n} - p$, where $m$, $n$, and $p$ are positive integers and $n$ is not divisible by the square of any prime. Find $m + n + p$.
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