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Advanced Number Theory · Challenge problem

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A right circular cone has base radius 33 and height 44. A sphere is inscribed in the cone (tangent to the base and to the curved surface). Above it, a second sphere is tangent to the first sphere and to the curved surface; above that, a third sphere is tangent to the second and to the curved surface; and so on forever. The total volume of all the spheres is mnπ\dfrac{m}{n}\pi, where mm and nn are relatively prime positive integers. Find m+nm+n.