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Pretty Beaded Chain

Ginny had $R$ **red** beads and $B$ **blue** beads and she wanted to stick them side by side to make a long **straight chain** of beads. However, the red beads were only sticking to the blue beads and the blue beads were only sticking to the red beads. Can you help her to make the **longest** chain possible and print the total **number** of beads that could be present in it? ### Input - There w

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