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<li>If <math>t-b=4,</math> then <math>\sum_{k=0}^{2}\binom{6}{k+4}\binom{8}{k}</math> different groups can be formed.</li><p> | <li>If <math>t-b=4,</math> then <math>\sum_{k=0}^{2}\binom{6}{k+4}\binom{8}{k}</math> different groups can be formed.</li><p> | ||
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− | By the | + | By the combinatorial identity <math>\binom{n}{k}=\binom{n-k}{k}</math> and Vandermonde's Identity <math>\sum_{k=0}^{r}\binom{m}{k}\binom{n}{r-k}=\binom{m+n}{r},</math> we find the total number of such groups: |
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N&=\binom{6}{0}\binom{8}{8}+\left[\sum_{k=0}^{4}\binom{6}{k}\binom{8}{k+4}\right]+\left[\left[\sum_{k=0}^{6}\binom{6}{k}\binom{8}{k}\right]-1\right]+\left[\sum_{k=0}^{2}\binom{6}{k+4}\binom{8}{k}\right] \\ | N&=\binom{6}{0}\binom{8}{8}+\left[\sum_{k=0}^{4}\binom{6}{k}\binom{8}{k+4}\right]+\left[\left[\sum_{k=0}^{6}\binom{6}{k}\binom{8}{k}\right]-1\right]+\left[\sum_{k=0}^{2}\binom{6}{k+4}\binom{8}{k}\right] \\ |
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Contents
Problem
A choir director must select a group of singers from among his tenors and
basses. The only requirements are that the difference between the number of tenors and basses must be a multiple of
, and the group must have at least one singer. Let
be the number of different groups that could be selected. What is the remainder when
is divided by
?
Solution 1 (Bijection)
Suppose that tenors and
basses are selected. The requirements are
and
It follows that basses are not selected. Since the ordered pairs
and the ordered pairs
have one-to-one correspondence, we consider the ordered pairs
instead. The requirements become
and
which simplify to
and
respectively.
As the total number of such groups is
from which
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Solution 2 (Vandermonde's Identity)
Suppose that tenors and
basses are selected. The requirements are
and
Note that different groups can be formed by selecting
tenors and
basses. Since
we apply casework:
- If
then
different group can be formed.
- If
then
different groups can be formed.
- If
then
different groups can be formed, recalling that
- If
then
different groups can be formed.
By the combinatorial identity and Vandermonde's Identity
we find the total number of such groups:
from which
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Solution 3 (Generating Functions)
The problem can be done using a roots of unity filter. Let . By expanding the binomials and distributing,
is the generating function for different groups of basses and tenors. That is,
where
is the number of groups of
basses and
tenors. What we want to do is sum up all values of
for which
except for
. To do this, define a new function
Now we just need to sum all coefficients of
for which
. Consider a monomial
. If
, then
Otherwise,
is a sum of these monomials so this gives us a method to determine the sum we're looking for:
(since
and it can be checked that
). Hence, the answer is
.
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Solution 4 (Enumeration)
By casework, we construct the following table:
We find the total number of such groups:
from which
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Video Solution by Punxsutawney Phil
https://youtube.com/watch?v=FD9BE7hpRvg&t=533s
Video Solution by Hawk Math
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjQARBvdZ20
Video Solution by OmegaLearn (Using Vandermonde's Identity)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mki7xtZLk1I
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See also
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