2021 AMC 12A Problems/Problem 15
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Problem
A choir direction 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
?
Video Solution by Punxsutawney Phil
https://youtube.com/watch?v=FD9BE7hpRvg&t=533s
Solution 2
We know the choose function and we know the pair multiplication so we do the multiplications and additions.
~Lopkiloinm
Video Solution by Hawk Math
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjQARBvdZ20
Video Solution (using Vandermonde's Identity)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mki7xtZLk1I
~pi_is_3.14
See also
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