Let be a positive constant such that the area enclosed by the curve can be written as , where and are coprime positive integers .
Find the sum of digits of .
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We can parametrize the curve as follows: { r ( θ ) = a cos 5 θ i ^ + a sin 5 θ j ^ 0 ≤ θ ≤ 2 π Now, let's use Green's theorem to find the area enclosed by the curve: A = 2 1 ∮ C x d y − y d x = 2 1 ∫ 0 2 π ( ( a cos 5 θ ) ( 5 a sin 4 θ cos θ d θ ) − ( a sin 5 θ ) ( − 5 a sin θ cos 4 θ d θ ) ) = 2 5 a 2 ∫ 0 2 π ( sin 4 θ cos 6 θ + sin 6 θ cos 4 θ ) d θ = 2 5 a 2 ∫ 0 2 π sin 4 θ cos 4 θ ( sin 2 θ + cos 2 θ ) d θ = 2 5 a 2 ∫ 0 2 π ( 2 sin 2 θ ) 4 d θ = 3 2 5 a 2 ∫ 0 2 π sin 4 2 θ d θ = 3 2 5 a 2 ∫ 0 2 π ( 8 1 cos 8 θ − 2 1 cos 4 θ + 8 3 ) d θ = 3 2 5 a 2 ( 6 4 1 sin 8 θ − 8 1 sin 4 θ + 8 3 θ ) ∣ ∣ ∣ 0 2 π = 1 2 8 1 5 π a 2 Finally, A + B = 1 5 + 1 2 8 = 1 4 3 , so the answer is 8 .