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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 m/n,m/n, where mm and nn are relatively prime positive integers. Find m+n.m+n.