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AIME 2018a Problem 10

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The wheel shown below consists of two circles and five spokes, with a label at each point where a spoke meets a circle. A bug walks along the wheel, starting at point AA. At every step of the process, the bug walks from one labeled point to an adjacent labeled point. Along the inner circle the bug only walks in a counterclockwise direction, and along the outer circle the bug only walks in a clockwise direction. For example, the bug could travel along the path AJABCHCHIJAAJABCHCHIJA, which has 1010 steps. Let nn be the number of paths with 1515 steps that begin and end at point AA. Find the remainder when nn is divided by 1000.1000.

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