2017 AIME I Problems/Problem 11
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Problem 11
Consider arrangements of the numbers
in a
array. For each such arrangement, let
,
, and
be the medians of the numbers in rows
,
, and
respectively, and let
be the median of
. Let
be the number of arrangements for which
. Find the remainder when
is divided by
.
Solution 1
We know that if is a median, then
will be the median of the medians.
WLOG, assume is in the upper left corner. One of the two other values in the top row needs to be below
, and the other needs to be above
. This can be done in
ways.
The other
can be arranged in
ways.
Finally, accounting for when
is in every other space, our answer is
. But we only need the last
digits, so
is our answer.
~Solution by SuperSaiyanOver9000, mathics42
Solution 2
(Complementary Counting with probability)
Notice that m can only equal 4, 5, or 6, and 4 and 6 are symmetric.
WLOG let
There is a chance that exactly one of 1, 2, 3 is in the same row.
There is a chance that the other two smaller numbers end up in the same row.
.
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