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Advanced Number Theory · Hard problem

Ten people, including three friends Ana, Ben and Cal, sit in ten distinct chairs equally spaced around a round table, with all seatings equally likely. The probability that no two of the three friends sit in adjacent chairs is mn\dfrac{m}{n}, where mm and nn are relatively prime positive integers. Find m+nm+n.