2024 AMC 8 Problems/Problem 17
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A chess king is said to attack all the squares one step away from it, horizontally, vertically, or diagonally. For instance, a king on the center square of a 
x grid attacks all 
other squares, as shown below. Suppose a white king and a black king are placed on different squares of a x grid so that they do not attack each other. In how many ways can this be done?
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Solution 1
Video Solution by Math-X (First understand the problem!!!)
~Math-X
