2019 AMC 10A Problems/Problem 20
- The following problem is from both the 2019 AMC 10A #20 and 2019 AMC 12A #16, so both problems redirect to this page.
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The numbers are randomly placed into the squares of a grid. Each square gets one number, and each of the numbers is used once. What is the probability that the sum of the numbers in each row and each column is odd?
Solution 1
Note that odd sums can only be formed by or so we focus on placing the evens: we need to have each even be with another even in each row/column. It can be seen that there are ways to do this. There are then ways to permute the odd numbers, and ways to permute the even numbers, thus giving the answer as .
Solution 2
By the Pigeonhole Principle, there must be at least one row with or more odd numbers in it. Therefore, that row must contain odd numbers in order to have an odd sum. The same thing can be done with the columns. Thus we simply have to choose one row and one column to be filled with odd numbers, so the number of valid odd/even configurations (without regard to which particular odd and even numbers are placed where) is . The denominator will be , the total number of ways we could choose which of the squares will contain an even number. Hence the answer is
- The Pigeonhole Principle isn't really necessary here: After noting from the first solution that any row that contains evens must contain two evens, the result follows that the four evens must form the corners of a rectangle.
Solution 3
Note that there are 5 odds and 4 evens, and for three numbers to sum an odd number, either 1 or three must be odd. Hence, one column must be all odd and one row must be all odd. First, we choose a row, for which there are three choices and within the row P(5,3). There are 3! ways to order the remaining odds and 4! ways to order the evens. The total possible ways is 9!.
-Lingjun
Solution 4
Note that the odd sums are only formed by, or any permutation of . When looking at a 3x3 box, we realize that there must always be one column that is odd and one row that is odd. Calculating the probability of one permutation of this we get:
Odd - | Odd - | Odd - |
Odd - | Even | Even |
Odd - | Even | Even |
Now, there are 9 ways you can get this particular permutation (3 choices for all odd row, 3 choices for all odd column), so multiplying the result by , we get:
-mgher
Video Solution
For those who want a video solution: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJgS-q3-1JE
See Also
2019 AMC 10A (Problems • Answer Key • Resources) | ||
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