Let A1B1C1D1A2B2C2D2A_1B_1C_1D_1A_2B_2C_2D_2 be a unit cube, with A1B1C1D1A_1B_1C_1D_1 and A2B2C2D2A_2B_2C_2D_2 opposite square faces, and let MM be the center of face A2B2C2D2A_2 B_2 C_2 D_2. Rectangular pyramid MA1B1C1D1MA_1B_1C_1D_1 is cut out of the cube. If the surface area of the remaining solid can be expressed in the form a+ba + \sqrt{b}, where aa and bb are positive integers and bb is not divisible by the square of any prime, find a+ba+b.

Source: 2011-2012 Winter Online Math Open

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