2017 AIME I Problem 11
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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 then let be the median of Let be the number of arrangements for which Find the remainder when is divided by
Answer: 360
Small Hint:
Rename each number less than as L and each greater as G. For the number must be a row median, so its row reads L5G in some order.
Big Hint:
The other two rows need medians on opposite sides of LLL with GGG, or LLG with LGG. Count letter patterns, then multiply by for actual values.
Solution:
Rename each of as L and each of as G. If is not a row median, then no row median equals so Thus ’s row must contain one L and one G (reading L5G in some order), and the other two rows must supply one median below and one above. With the remaining three L’s and three G’s, those rows are either LLL and GGG, or LLG and LGG.
Count arrangements of letters: the three row types can be assigned to rows and in ways, and the L5G row can be ordered in ways. In the first case LLL and GGG have ordering each, giving patterns; in the second, LLG and LGG each have orderings, giving patterns. That is letter patterns in all.
Finally the four L’s can be filled with in ways and the four G’s with in ways, so whose remainder mod is
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