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2022 AIME I Question 9

AIME · 2022 AIME I

Question 9

Ellina has twelve blocks, two each of red ($\textbf{R}$), blue ($\textbf{B}$), yellow ($\textbf{Y}$), green ($\textbf{G}$), orange ($\textbf{O}$), and purple ($\textbf{P}$). Call an arrangement of blocks *even* if there is an even number of blocks between each pair of blocks of the same color. For example, the arrangement $$
\textbf{R B B Y G G Y R O P P O}
$$ is even. Ellina arranges her blocks in a row in random order. The probability that her arrangement is even is $\frac{m}{n},$ where $m$ and $n$ are relatively prime positive integers. Find $m + n.$