2023 WSMO Speed Round Problems/Problem 2

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Problem

There are 4 tables and 5 chairs at each table. Each chair seats 2 people. There are 10 people who are seated randomly. Andre and Emily are 2 of them, and are a couple. If the probability that Andre and Emily are in the same chair is $\frac{m}{n},$ for relatively prime positive integers $m$ and $n,$ find $m+n.$

Solution

Note that there are $4\cdot5\cdot2 = 40$ possible places to seat. After Andre is assigned a seat at random, there are 39 remaining seats, only one of which is in the same chair as Emily. Thus, our answer is $\tfrac{1}{39}\implies1+39 = \boxed{40}.$ ~pinkpig