Difference between revisions of "2020 AMC 12B Problems/Problem 15"

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==Problem==
  
There are <math>10</math> people standing equally spaced around a circle. Each person knows exactly <math>3</math> of the other <math>9</math> people: the <math>2</math> people standing next to her or him,as well as the person directly across the circle. How many ways are there for the <math>10</math> people to split up into 5<math> pairs so that the members of each pair know each other?
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There are <math>10</math> people standing equally spaced around a circle. Each person knows exactly <math>3</math> of the other <math>9</math> people: the <math>2</math> people standing next to her or him,as well as the person directly across the circle. How many ways are there for the <math>10</math> people to split up into <math>5</math> pairs so that the members of each pair know each other?
  
</math>(A) 11<math> </math>(B) 12<math> </math>(C) 13<math> </math>(D) 14<math> </math>(E)  15$
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<math>(A) 11</math> <math>(B) 12</math> <math>(C) 13</math> <math>(D) 14</math> <math>(E)  15</math>

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Problem

There are $10$ people standing equally spaced around a circle. Each person knows exactly $3$ of the other $9$ people: the $2$ people standing next to her or him,as well as the person directly across the circle. How many ways are there for the $10$ people to split up into $5$ pairs so that the members of each pair know each other?

$(A) 11$ $(B) 12$ $(C) 13$ $(D) 14$ $(E)  15$