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As before, <math>-9=-A+B-C+D</math>. This is <math>9=(A+B)-(C+D)</math>. Rephrased, how many two sums of integers from 0-9 have a difference of 9. Make a chart of pairs between these two sets: | As before, <math>-9=-A+B-C+D</math>. This is <math>9=(A+B)-(C+D)</math>. Rephrased, how many two sums of integers from 0-9 have a difference of 9. Make a chart of pairs between these two sets: | ||
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Problem
Consider polynomials of degree at most
, each of whose coefficients is an element of
. How many such polynomials satisfy
?
Solution
Suppose our polynomial is equal to
Then we are given that
If we let
then we have
This way all four variables are within 0 and 9. The number of solutions to this equation is simply
by stars and bars, so our answer is
Solution 2
Suppose our polynomial is equal to
Then we are given that
Then the polynomials
,
also have
when
So the number of solutions must be divisible by 4. So the answer must be
Solution 3
As before, . This is
. Rephrased, how many two sums of integers from 0-9 have a difference of 9. Make a chart of pairs between these two sets:
Observe how there is one way to sum 2 numbers to 0 and two ways to 1, 3 ways to 2, and so on. At 9, there are 10 possible ways. Recall that only integers between 0-9 are valid. Now observe how there is 1 way to to sum to 18 in this fashion (9+9), 2 ways to sum to 17, and so forth again (to optionally prove that this pattern holds, apply stars and bars up to 9 and notice the symmetry).
The answer then is the number of ways to write each component of each pair. This is or, since it's symmetrical between sum of 4 and 5,
. Use summation rules to finally get
.
~BJHHar
See Also
2018 AMC 12B (Problems • Answer Key • Resources) | |
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Followed by Problem 23 |
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