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AIME 2009a Problem 10

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The Annual Interplanetary Mathematics Examination (AIME) is written by a committee of five Martians, five Venusians, and five Earthlings. At meetings, committee members sit at a round table with chairs numbered from 11 to 1515 in clockwise order. Committee rules state that a Martian must occupy chair 11 and an Earthling must occupy chair 1515, Furthermore, no Earthling can sit immediately to the left of a Martian, no Martian can sit immediately to the left of a Venusian, and no Venusian can sit immediately to the left of an Earthling. The number of possible seating arrangements for the committee is N⋅(5!)3N \cdot (5!)^3. Find NN.

Dataset text AIME 1983 to 2026. Quoted with source.

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