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Five gunmen are shooting each other. At the same moment, each randomly chooses one of the other four to shoot. The probability that there are some two people shooting each other can be expressed in the form <math>\frac{a}{b}</math>, where <math>a, b</math> are relatively prime positive integers. Find <math>a+b</math>. | Five gunmen are shooting each other. At the same moment, each randomly chooses one of the other four to shoot. The probability that there are some two people shooting each other can be expressed in the form <math>\frac{a}{b}</math>, where <math>a, b</math> are relatively prime positive integers. Find <math>a+b</math>. | ||
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− | Let the five people be <math>A, B, C, D,</math> and <math>E</math>. Let <math>A_1</math> denote the event of <math>A</math> and <math>B</math> shooting each other and <math>A_2</math> through <math> | + | Let the five people be <math>A, B, C, D,</math> and <math>E</math>. Let <math>A_1</math> denote the event of <math>A</math> and <math>B</math> shooting each other and <math>A_2</math> through <math>A_{10}</math> similarly. Then, <math>P(\text{Some 2 people are shooting each other})=P(A_1 \cup A_2 \cup \dots \cup A_{10})</math>. |
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Problem
Five gunmen are shooting each other. At the same moment, each randomly chooses one of the other four to shoot. The probability that there are some two people shooting each other can be expressed in the form , where
are relatively prime positive integers. Find
.
Solution 1(PIE)
Let the five people be and
. Let
denote the event of
and
shooting each other and
through
similarly. Then,
.