2020 AMC 10B Problems/Problem 17

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Problem

There are $10$ people standing equally spaced around a circle. Each person knows exactly $3$ of the other $9$ people: the $2$ people standing next to her or him, as well as the person directly across the circle. How many ways are there for the $10$ people to split up into $5$ pairs so that the members of each pair know each other?

$\textbf{(A)}\ 11 \qquad\textbf{(B)}\ 12 \qquad\textbf{(C)}\  13 \qquad\textbf{(D)}\ 14 \qquad\textbf{(E)}\ 15$

Solution

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