An Overlap of Congruent Triangles

Problem

Points CC and DD lie on the same side of the line ABAB, with ABCBAD\triangle ABC\cong\triangle BAD, AB=9AB=9, BC=AD=10BC=AD=10, and CA=DB=17CA=DB=17. The area of the intersection of the two triangles, written as a fraction in lowest terms, is mn\dfrac mn. Find m+nm+n.

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Difficulty7/10
Topicsplane geometry, Triangle Geometry, Symmetry

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