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Cosets and Lagrange's Theorem · Hard problem

D12D_{12}, the symmetries of a regular 1212-gon, has order 2424: 1212 rotations r0,…,r11r^0,\dots,r^{11} (where rkr^k has order 12/gcd⁡(12,k)12/\gcd(12,k)) and 1212 reflections (each of order 22). How many elements of D12D_{12} have order exactly 44?