Fun with circles

Geometry Level 3

Let C C be a circle with centre P 0 P_0 and A B AB be a diameter of C C . Suppose P 1 P_1 is the midpoint of the line segment P 0 B P_0B , P 2 P_2 is the midpoint of the line segment P 1 B P_1B and so on. Let C 1 , C 2 , C 3 , C_1, C_2, C_3 , \ldots be circles with diameters P 0 P 1 , P 1 P 2 , P 2 P 3 , P_0P_1,P_1P_2,P_2P_3,\ldots respectively. Suppose the circles C 1 , C 2 , C 3 , C_1, C_2, C_3, \ldots are all shaded. If the ratio of the area of the unshaded portion of C C to that of the original C C be expressed as M : N M:N , then find M + N M+N .


The answer is 23.

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