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Probability Based on Distance to a Side

Combinatorics · Math Count PH 2026 1167
A point is chosen at random in the interior of a rectangle with dimensions 10 and 8. What is the probability that the distance of that point from the side closest to it is less than 2? The answer is in the form $\frac{\alpha}{\beta}$ where $\alpha$ and $\beta$ are coprime positive integers. Input the value of $\alpha + \beta$.