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November 17, 2005
probabilitynumber theoryrelatively prime

Problem Statement

A jar has 10 red candies and 10 blue candies. Terry picks two candies at random, then Mary picks two of the remaining candies at random. Given that the probability that they get the same color combination, irrespective of order, is m/nm/n, where mm and nn are relatively prime positive integers, find m+nm+n.