2015 AIME I Problem 15
A block of wood has the shape of a right circular cylinder with radius and height , and its entire surface has been painted blue. Points and are chosen on the edge on one of the circular faces of the cylinder so that arc on that face measures . The block is then sliced in half along the plane that passes through point , point , and the center of the cylinder, revealing a flat, unpainted face on each half. The area of one of those unpainted faces is , where , , and are integers and is not divisible by the square of any prime. Find .
Leading zeroes must be inputted, so if your answer is 34
, then input 034
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