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HMMT 2021 C2

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Ava and Tiffany participate in a knockout tournament consisting of a total of 32 players. In each of 5 rounds, the remaining players are paired uniformly at random. In each pair, both players are equally likely to win, and the loser is knocked out of the tournament. The probability that Ava and Tiffany play each other during the tournament is ab\frac{a}{b}, where aa and bb are relatively prime positive integers. Compute 100a+b100 a+b.

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