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== Problem ==
 
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The <math>52</math> cards in a deck are numbered <math>1, 2, \cdots, 52</math>. Alex, Blair, Corey, and Dylan each picks a card from the deck without replacement and with each card being equally likely to be picked, The two persons with lower numbered cards from a team, and the two persons with higher numbered cards form another team. Let <math>p(a)</math> be the [[probability]] that Alex and Dylan are on the same team, given that Alex picks one of the cards <math>a</math> and <math>a+9</math>, and Dylan picks the other of these two cards. The minimum value of <math>p(a)</math> for which <math>p(a)\ge\frac{1}{2}</math> can be written as <math>\frac{m}{n}</math>. where <math>m</math> and <math>n</math> are relatively prime positive integers. Find <math>m+n</math>.
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The <math>52</math> cards in a deck are numbered <math>1, 2, \cdots, 52</math>. Alex, Blair, Corey, and Dylan each picks a card from the deck without replacement and with each card being equally likely to be picked, The two persons with lower numbered cards form a team, and the two persons with higher numbered cards form another team. Let <math>p(a)</math> be the [[probability]] that Alex and Dylan are on the same team, given that Alex picks one of the cards <math>a</math> and <math>a+9</math>, and Dylan picks the other of these two cards. The minimum value of <math>p(a)</math> for which <math>p(a)\ge\frac{1}{2}</math> can be written as <math>\frac{m}{n}</math>. where <math>m</math> and <math>n</math> are relatively prime positive integers. Find <math>m+n</math>.
  
 
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== Solution ==

Latest revision as of 10:15, 7 January 2021

Problem

The $52$ cards in a deck are numbered $1, 2, \cdots, 52$. Alex, Blair, Corey, and Dylan each picks a card from the deck without replacement and with each card being equally likely to be picked, The two persons with lower numbered cards form a team, and the two persons with higher numbered cards form another team. Let $p(a)$ be the probability that Alex and Dylan are on the same team, given that Alex picks one of the cards $a$ and $a+9$, and Dylan picks the other of these two cards. The minimum value of $p(a)$ for which $p(a)\ge\frac{1}{2}$ can be written as $\frac{m}{n}$. where $m$ and $n$ are relatively prime positive integers. Find $m+n$.

Solution

Once the two cards are drawn, there are $\dbinom{50}{2} = 1225$ ways for the other two people to draw. Alex and Dylan are the team with higher numbers if Blair and Corey both draw below $a$, which occurs in $\dbinom{a-1}{2}$ ways. Alex and Dylan are the team with lower numbers if Blair and Corey both draw above $a+9$, which occurs in $\dbinom{43-a}{2}$ ways. Thus, \[p(a)=\frac{\dbinom{43-a}{2}+\dbinom{a-1}{2}}{1225}.\] Simplifying, we get $p(a)=\frac{(43-a)(42-a)+(a-1)(a-2)}{2\cdot1225}$, so we need $(43-a)(42-a)+(a-1)(a-2)\ge (1225)$. If $a=22+b$, then \begin{align*}(43-a)(42-a)+(a-1)(a-2)&=(21-b)(20-b)+(21+b)(20+b)=2b^2+2(21)(20)\ge (1225) \\ b^2\ge \frac{385}{2} &= 192.5 >13^2 \end{align*} So $b> 13$ or $b< -13$, and $a=22+b<9$ or $a>35$, so $a=8$ or $a=36$. Thus, $p(8) = \frac{616}{1225} = \frac{88}{175}$, and the answer is $88+175 = \boxed{263}$.

See also

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