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Expected Value, Linearity & Advanced Probability · Challenge problem

Ten points on a circle are paired uniformly at random into 55 chords. Find the expected number of pairs of chords that cross.

The answer is a fraction mn\tfrac{m}{n} in lowest terms; find m+nm + n.