2023 AMC 12A Problems/Problem 24
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Problem
Let be the number of sequences
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,
,
such that
is a positive integer less than or equal to
, each
is a subset of
, and
is a subset of
for each
between
and
, inclusive. For example,
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,
,
,
is one such sequence, with
.What is the remainder when
is divided by
?
Solution 1
Consider any sequence with terms. Every 10 number has such choices: never appear, appear the first time in the first spot, appear the first time in the second spot… and appear the first time in the
th spot, which means every number has
choices to show up in the sequence. Consequently, for each sequence with length
, there are
possible ways.
Thus, the desired value is
~bluesoul
Solution 2
Let be the number of sequences
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such that each
is a subset of
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is a subset of
for
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and
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If and
, we need to get a recursive formula for
: If
, then
has
possibilities, and the subsequence
has
possibilities. Hence
By applying this formula and only considering modulo
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Lastly, we get .
~Quantum-Phantom
Solution 3 (Cheese)
Since the question only wants mod 10 of the answer, we can cheese this problem.
Let be the number of elements of the set
. Assume that
and
for any
. However, that means by symmetry, there will be
different sequences of
with the same sequence of
. Since
is 0 mod 10 for all
except for 0 and 10, we only consider sequences where each term is either the empty set or the entire set
. If
, then there are
sets. If
, then there are
sets, and so on. So the answer is
(mod 10).
Video Solution 1 by OmegaLearn
See also
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