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Question: 2018 Fall Midterm - 15

Author: Michiel Smid
The Carleton Computer Science Society is organizing their annual Halloween party. At this party,
  • one student is dressed up as Donald Trump,
  • one student is dressed up as Kim Jong Un,
  • the remaining 57 students are dressed up as Kim Kardashian.
These students are arranged, uniformly at random, on a line.
Define the event,
  • A = "Donald Trump is standing next to Kim Jong Un".
What is $\Pr(A)$?
(a)
1/59
(b)
2/58
(c)
1/58
(d)
2/59