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In the centre of a rectangular billiard table that is 3 m long and 1 m wide, there is a billiard ball. It is hit by a cue in a random direction. After the impact the ball stops passing exactly 2 m. Find the expected number of reflections from the sides of the table.

The number x is such that both the sums S=sin64x+sin65x and C=cos64x+cos65x are rational numbers.

Prove that in both of these sums, both terms are rational.