HMMT 二月 2009 · 冲刺赛 · 第 13 题
HMMT February 2009 — Guts Round — Problem 13
题目详情
- [ 8 ] How many ordered quadruples ( a, b, c, d ) of four distinct numbers chosen from the set { 1 , 2 , 3 , . . . , 9 } satisfy b < a , b < c , and d < c ?
解析
- [ 8 ] How many ordered quadruples ( a, b, c, d ) of four distinct numbers chosen from the set { 1 , 2 , 3 , . . . , 9 } satisfy b < a , b < c , and d < c ? Answer: 630 Solution: Given any 4 elements p < q < r < s of { 1 , 2 , . . . , 9 } , there are 5 ways of rearranging ( ) 9 them to satisfy the inequality: prqs , psqr , qspr , qrps , and rspq . This gives a total of · 5 = 630 4 quadruples.