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SMO 2022 Open Round 1 Question 12

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Question 12

Find the largest possible value of $|a|+|b|$, where $a$ and $b$ are coprime integers (i.e., integers with no common factors larger than $1$) such that $a/b$ is a solution of $$\sqrt{4x+5-4\sqrt{x+1}}+\sqrt{x+2-2\sqrt{x+1}}=1.$$