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HMMT 2017 C10

  • Combinatorics
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Compute the number of possible words w=w1w2…w100w=w_{1} w_{2} \ldots w_{100} satisfying:

  • ww has exactly 50A50 A 's and 50B50 B 's (and no other letters).
  • For i=1,2,…,100i=1,2, \ldots, 100, the number of AA 's among w1,w2,…,wiw_{1}, w_{2}, \ldots, w_{i} is at most the number of BB 's among w1,w2,…,wiw_{1}, w_{2}, \ldots, w_{i}.
  • For all i=44,45,…,57i=44,45, \ldots, 57, if wiw_{i} is an BB, then wi+1w_{i+1} must be an BB.

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\binom{85}{35}-\binom{85}{34}

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