Socks Socks Socks!

In a drawer Sandy has 5 5 pairs of socks, each pair a different color. On Monday Sandy selects two individual socks at random from the 10 10 socks in the drawer. On Tuesday Sandy selects 2 2 of the remaining 8 8 socks at random and on Wednesday two of the remaining 6 6 socks at random. The probability that Wednesday is the first day Sandy selects matching socks is m n \frac{m}{n} , where m m and n n are relatively prime positive integers, Find m + n m+n .

Source : 2015 AIME I Problems


The answer is 341.

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