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Paper 1ProbabilityNumber & counting

Eight cards numbered 1,2,…,81,2,\ldots,8 are placed uniformly at random around a circle. Let TT be the sum of the absolute differences between the numbers on neighbouring cards, including the difference across the last gap.

Given that T=18T=18, what is the probability that cards 11 and 88 are next to each other?

A322\dfrac3{22}
B111\dfrac1{11}
C18\dfrac18
D9176\dfrac9{176}
E988\dfrac9{88}

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