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Geometry Difficulty 4.8 AIME Prove it Belarus

Let mm, nn, kk be pairwise relatively prime positive integers greater than 33.
Find the minimal possible number of points on the plane with the following property: there are xx of them which are the vertices of a regular xx-gon for x=mx = m, x=nx = n, x=kx = k.

Solution

Answer: m+n+k4m + n + k - 4.

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