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 to in clockwise order. Committee rules state that a Martian must occupy chair and an Earthling must occupy chair , 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 . Find .
Dataset text AIME 1983 to 2026. Quoted with source.
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