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AIME 2015a Problem 5

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In a drawer Sandy has 55 pairs of socks, each pair a different color. On Monday Sandy selects two individual socks at random from the 1010 socks in the drawer. On Tuesday Sandy selects 22 of the remaining 88 socks at random and on Wednesday two of the remaining 66 socks at random. The probability that Wednesday is the first day Sandy selects matching socks is mn\frac{m}{n}, where mm and nn are relatively prime positive integers, Find m+nm+n.

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