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Advanced Number Theory · Challenge problem

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Equilateral triangle ABCABC has side 66. Its inscribed circle is drawn. Then, in each of the three corners, a circle is drawn tangent to the two sides at that corner and to the inscribed circle; then, in each corner, another circle tangent to the two sides and to the previous corner circle; and so on forever. The total area of all the circles drawn (the inscribed circle and the three infinite chains) is mnπ\dfrac{m}{n}\pi, where mm and nn are relatively prime positive integers. Find m+nm + n.