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AIME 1983 Problem 7

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Twenty five of King Arthur's knights are seated at their customary round table. Three of them are chosen - all choices being equally likely - and are sent off to slay a troublesome dragon. Let PP be the probability that at least two of the three had been sitting next to each other. If PP is written as a fraction in lowest terms, what is the sum of the numerator and denominator?

Dataset text AIME 1983 to 2026. Quoted with source.

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