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Mathematical Challenge of Christmas Cheer (MCCC)
Merry Christmas ladies and gentlemen, today I have procured a set of Jolly Problems for you to solve, good luck!
Problem 1
Santa has brought 5 gifts for five people and and has placed them around the Christmas tree in a circular arrangement. If each of the gifts contains a surprise of one of the three types: toy, gadget and sweet, then the number of ways of distributing the surprises such that the gifts placed in adjacent positions get different surprise is ............
Problem 2
Santa's elves have prepared a nutcracker festival and have arranged them as a triangle . They want to know whether there is a line in the plane of such that the intersection of the interior of and the interior of its reflection in has an area more than the area of . Show the elves why such a line exists.
Problem 3
Little Timmy has been good this year and wishes for a mecharobot suit for Christmas. As his parents are associated with the Mafia, Santa has no choice but to comply with Timmy's wishes. The elves make a puzzle for Timmy to solve, and only if he solves it will he get his desired present. The puzzles talks of a number , which is defined as the smallest positive integer such that this number multiplied by the peak gaming year, i.e., , is a perfect square and is a perfect cube. Timmy needs to find the remainder when is divided by . Of course, you don't want to die either, so you have to help Timmy find the solution.