2003 AIME I Problems/Problem 9
Problem
An integer between 1000 and 9999, inclusive, is called balanced if the sum of its two leftmost digits equals the sum of its two rightmost digits. How many balanced integers are there?
Solution
If the common sum of the first two and last two digits is ,
, there are
choices for the first two digits and
choices for the second two digits. This gives
balanced numbers. If the common sum of the first two and last two digits is
,
, there are
choices for both pairs. This gives
balanced numbers. Thus, there are in total
balanced numbers.
See also
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