2007 Cyprus MO/Lyceum/Problem 19
Problem
120 five-digit numbers can be written with the digits . If we place these numbers in increasing order, then the position of the number
is
Solution
For any number in the first slot, there are numbers, so any number starting with
must greater than
. After than, the rearrangement inequality gives us that
are in order, but
, so
is the
.
See also
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