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2017 Combinatorics #8: Frogs Making Friends with Each Other

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February 20, 2017
probabilitynumber theoryrelatively prime

Problem Statement

Kelvin and 1515 other frogs are in a meeting, for a total of 1616 frogs. During the meeting, each pair of distinct frogs becomes friends with probability 12\frac{1}{2}. Kelvin thinks the situation after the meeting is [I]cool[/I] if for each of the 1616 frogs, the number of friends they made during the meeting is a multiple of 44. Say that the probability of the situation being cool can be expressed in the form ab\frac{a}{b}, where aa and bb are relatively prime. Find aa.