5 men and 5 women

5 men and 5 women randomly pair up.

The probability that all pairs consist of a man and a woman each is a b \dfrac{a}{b} , where a a and b b are coprime positive integers.

What is a + b a+b ?


The answer is 71.

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2 solutions

Razzi Masroor
Nov 6, 2016

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

Nice answer!

Geoff Pilling - 4 years, 7 months ago
Geoff Pilling
Nov 5, 2016

The number of ways in which ten people can be paired up is 10 ! 2 5 5 ! = 945 \frac{10!}{2^5\cdot 5!} = 945

The number of ways in which they can pair up with a man and woman in each pair is: 5 ! = 120 5! = 120

So the probability is: P = 120 945 = 8 63 P = \frac{120}{945} = \frac{8}{63}

8 + 63 = 71 8+63 = \boxed{71}

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