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#1 Help Me ! » Calculating odds of specific order of group of people » 2006-08-28 03:56:02

dhs9
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Math was never my strong suit so I defer to the experts to assist me with this problem.  Assume a group of 20 people are sitting in a circle with the moderator sitting at the 12:00 position ( the moderator is not counted in the group of 20 as his position always stays the same).  What are the odds of 2 specific individuals of this group being situated at the same time next to the moderator. It does not matter if the individuals are to the right or left of the moderator only that both are next to him at the same time.

Thanks so much for your help.  I hope I provided enoug info to solve this problem.dunno

Dave

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