422.Reunited Couples
★★★expected valueCh. 6 — Random Variables and Expectation444+ Problems in Probability
9 married couples (18 people) are randomly split into 9 pairs. Find the expected number of couples that end up paired together.
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For one specific couple: given one partner's pair, who are the 17 equally likely partners?
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