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HMMT November 2018 E9

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20 players are playing in a Super Smash Bros. Melee tournament. They are ranked 1−201-20, and player nn will always beat player mm if n<mn<m. Out of all possible tournaments where each player plays 18 distinct other players exactly once, one is chosen uniformly at random. Find the expected number of pairs of players that win the same number of games.

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