2007 AIME I Problems/Problem 15

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Let $ABC$ be an equilateral triangle, and let $D$ and $F$ be points on sides $BC$ and $AB$ , respectively, with $FA = 5$ and $CD = 2$ . Point $E$ lies on side $CA$ such that angle $DEF = 60^{\circ}$ . The area of triangle $DEF$ is $14\sqrt{3}$ . The two possible values of the length of side $AB$ are $p \pm q \sqrt{r}$ , where $p$ and $q$ are rational, and $r$ is an integer not divisible by the square of a prime. Find $r$ .

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