Let , and be positive numbers.
Let be four collinear points where , , and .
Let be the circle having the diameter .
Let be the circle having the diameter .
The triplet is called a necklace triplet if you can place distinct circles such that:
has no common interior points with any for and ,
is tangent to both and for ,
is tangent to for , and
is tangent to .
For example, and are necklace triplets, while it can be shown that is not.
Let be the number of necklace triplets such that , and are positive integers, and .
For example, , and .
Find .
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