5 men and 5 women randomly pair up.
The probability that all pairs consist of a man and a woman each is b a , where a and b are coprime positive integers.
What is a + b ?
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The number of ways in which ten people can be paired up is 2 5 ⋅ 5 ! 1 0 ! = 9 4 5
The number of ways in which they can pair up with a man and woman in each pair is: 5 ! = 1 2 0
So the probability is: P = 9 4 5 1 2 0 = 6 3 8
8 + 6 3 = 7 1
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One of the men sees 4 men and 5 women,the probability being 5/9 since he can't pair himself.The next man sees 3 men and 4 women in which the probability is 4/7 doing the same for the rest of the men,we get (5/9)(4/7)(3/5)(2/3)(1) and this equals to 8/63 and 8+63 is 71