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OPM 2020 Problem 3

    Given a subset of {1,2,...,n}\{1,2,...,n\} , we define its alternating sum in the following way: we order the elements of the subset in descending order and, starting with the largest, we alternately add and subtract the successive numbers. For example, the alternating sum of the set {1,3,4,6,8}\{1,3,4,6,8\} is 8−6+4−3+1=48-6+4-3+1 = 4 . Determines the sum of the alternating sums of all subsets of {1,2,...,10}\{1,2,...,10\} with an odd number of elements.

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    Official text: Portuguese Mathematical Olympiad 2020 official paper, page 1.

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