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If ab\frac{a}{b} is the probability that the reciprocal of a randomly selected positive odd integer less than 2010 gives a terminating decimal, with aa and bb being relatively prime positive integers, what is a+ba+b?
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If (a)/(b) is the probability that the reciprocal of a randomly selected positive odd integer less than 2010 gives a terminating decimal, with a and b being relatively prime positive integers, what is a+b?
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If $\frac{a}{b}$ is the probability that the reciprocal of a randomly selected positive odd integer less than 2010 gives a terminating decimal, with $a$ and $b$ being relatively prime positive integers, what is $a+b$?

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Number Theory

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