[Math] Probability of Angela and Blake sit next to each other if 10 friends are randomly assigned seats

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A group of 10 friends attend a concert together. I have found out that having 10 seats there are 10! ways for the friends to be seated. But my question is how do i figure out the probability that 2 of those people being a couple are seated next to each other.

Best Answer

Think of the couple as if they were one person, then you have $9!$ ways for them to seat, but of course the couple can always switch seats so at the end you get $2\times9!$ ways.
So the probability that they sit together is $\frac{2.9!}{10!}=0,2$