Mock AIME 3 Pre 2005 Problems/Problem 6

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Let $S$ denote the value of the sum

$\sum_{n = 1}^{9800} \frac{1}{\sqrt{n + \sqrt{n^2 - 1}}}$

$S$ can be expressed as $p + q \sqrt{r}$ , where $p, q,$ and $r$ are positive integers and $r$ is not divisible by the square of any prime. Determine $p + q + r$ .

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Mock AIME 3 Pre 2005 Problems/Problem 6

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