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document.write( "The total number of different pairs is   = 435  (the order does not matter).\r\n" );
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document.write( "There is only one preferable pair: you and your best friend (the order does not matter).\r\n" );
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document.write( "Therefore, the probability of this happy case is  .    ANSWER\r\n" );
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