Problem

2002 AIME I Problem 11

Let ABCD and BCFG be two faces of a cube with AB=12. A beam of light emanates from vertex A and reflects off face BCFG at point P, which is 7 units from \overline{BG} and 5 units from \overline{BC}. The beam continues to be reflected off the faces of the cube. The length of the light path from the time it leaves point A until it next reaches a vertex of the cube is given by m\sqrt{n}, where m and n are integers and n is not divisible by the square of any prime. Find m+n.

Leading zeroes must be inputted, so if your answer is 34, then input 034


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