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− | Cities <math>A</math>, <math>B</math>, <math>C</math>, <math>D</math>, and <math>E</math> are connected by roads <math>AB</math>, <math>AD</math>, <math>AE</math>, <math>BC</math>, <math>BD</math>, <math>CD</math>, and <math>DE</math>. How many different routes are there from <math>A</math> to <math>B</math> that use each road exactly once? (Such a route will necessarily visit some cities more than once.) | + | Cities <math>A</math>, <math>B</math>, <math>C</math>, <math>D</math>, and <math>E</math> are connected by roads <math>\widetilde{AB}</math>, <math>\widetilde{AD}</math>, <math>\widetilde{AE}</math>, <math>\widetilde{BC}</math>, <math>\widetilde{BD}</math>, <math>\widetilde{CD}</math>, and <math>\widetilde{DE}</math>. How many different routes are there from <math>A</math> to <math>B</math> that use each road exactly once? (Such a route will necessarily visit some cities more than once.) |
<asy> | <asy> | ||
unitsize(10mm); | unitsize(10mm); | ||
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label("$D$",D,N); | label("$D$",D,N); | ||
label("$E$",E,W); | label("$E$",E,W); | ||
− | draw(A--B | + | guide squiggly(path g, real stepsize, real slope=45) |
− | draw( | + | { |
− | draw( | + | real len = arclength(g); |
+ | real step = len / round(len / stepsize); | ||
+ | guide squig; | ||
+ | for (real u = 0; u < len; u += step){ | ||
+ | real a = arctime(g, u); | ||
+ | real b = arctime(g, u + step / 2); | ||
+ | pair p = point(g, a); | ||
+ | pair q = point(g, b); | ||
+ | pair np = unit( rotate(slope) * dir(g,a)); | ||
+ | pair nq = unit( rotate(0 - slope) * dir(g,b)); | ||
+ | squig = squig .. p{np} .. q{nq}; | ||
+ | } | ||
+ | squig = squig .. point(g, length(g)){unit(rotate(slope)*dir(g,length(g)))}; | ||
+ | return squig; | ||
+ | } | ||
+ | pen pp = defaultpen + 2.718; | ||
+ | draw(squiggly(A--B, 4.04, 30), pp); | ||
+ | draw(squiggly(A--D, 7.777, 20), pp); | ||
+ | draw(squiggly(A--E, 5.050, 15), pp); | ||
+ | draw(squiggly(B--C, 5.050, 15), pp); | ||
+ | draw(squiggly(B--D, 4.04, 20), pp); | ||
+ | draw(squiggly(C--D, 2.718, 20), pp); | ||
+ | draw(squiggly(D--E, 2.718, -60), pp);</asy> | ||
<math>\textbf{(A)}\ 7 \qquad \textbf{(B)}\ 9 \qquad \textbf{(C)}\ 12 \qquad \textbf{(D)}\ 16 \qquad \textbf{(E)}\ 18</math> | <math>\textbf{(A)}\ 7 \qquad \textbf{(B)}\ 9 \qquad \textbf{(C)}\ 12 \qquad \textbf{(D)}\ 16 \qquad \textbf{(E)}\ 18</math> | ||
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==Solution== | ==Solution== |
Revision as of 17:04, 23 February 2013
Problem 12
Cities ,
,
,
, and
are connected by roads
,
,
,
,
,
, and
. How many different routes are there from
to
that use each road exactly once? (Such a route will necessarily visit some cities more than once.)
Solution
Note that cities and
can be removed when counting paths because if a path goes in to
or
, there is only one possible path to take out of cities
or
.
So the diagram is as follows:
Now we proceed with casework. Remember that there are two ways to travel from to
,
to
,
to
and
to
.:
Case 1 : From
, if the path returns to
, then the next path must go to
. There are
possibilities of the path
. If the path goes to
from
, then the path must continue with either
or
. There are
possibilities. So, this case gives
different possibilities.
Case 2 : The path must continue with
. There are
possibilities for this case.
Putting the two cases together gives
See also
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