Octahedron numbering.
Source: AIME 2001 #15
December 6, 2005
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Problem Statement
The numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8 are randomly written on the faces of a regular octahedron so that each face contains a different number. The probability that no two consecutive numbers, where 8 and 1 are considered to be consecutive, are written on faces that share an edge is where and are relatively prime positive integers. Find