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AIME 2004b Problem 2

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A jar has 1010 red candies and 1010 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/n,m/n, where mm and nn are relatively prime positive integers, find m+n.m+n.

Dataset text AIME 1983 to 2026. Quoted with source.

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