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1RegionalCombinatoricsSerbia 2002Ten teams took part in a volleyball tournament, and every team played exactly one match against each of the others. When the tournament ended, the first team had \(x_1\) wins and \(y_1\) losses, the second …Open2RegionalCombinatoricsSerbia 1998How many three-element subsets \(\{a, b, c\}\) does the set \[ A = \{19, 20, 21, \ldots, 98\} \] have with the property that \(a + b + c\) is divisible by \(3\)?3RegionalCombinatoricsSerbia 2008(a) In how many ways can one choose two two-digit numbers that are not neighbours, that is, whose difference is not equal to \(1\)? (b) How many five-digit numbers are there in which the digit \(5\) occurs …4RegionalCombinatoricsSerbia 2013At a volleyball tournament \(n > 1\) teams took part, and every two of them played exactly one match against each other. Prove that the teams can be numbered \(1, 2, \ldots, n\) in such a way that for …5RegionalCombinatoricsSerbia 2022Let \(n\) be a positive integer. Let \(A_n\) be the set of all \(n\)-digit numbers whose decimal digits add up to \(4\), and let \(B_n\) be the set of all \(n\)-digit numbers whose decimal digits multiply …6RegionalCombinatoricsSerbia 1997In how many ways can a king, a queen, two rooks, two bishops and two knights be placed on the eight squares of the first rank of a chessboard so that the two rooks stand on opposite sides of the king, …7RegionalCombinatoricsSerbia 2000Find the sum of all seven-digit numbers whose digits are \(1, 2, 3, 3, 4, 4, 4\) in some order.8RegionalCombinatoricsSerbia 2007An entry of a permutation is called right-minimal if it is smaller than every entry standing to its right. For example, in the permutation \[ (2,\; 1,\; 4,\; 6,\; 3,\; 7,\; 8,\; 5) \] the right-minimal …9RegionalCombinatoricsSerbia 2010A cinema row has \(20\) seats. In how many ways can six couples take their seats in this row if every couple wants to sit on two adjacent seats?10RegionalCombinatoricsSerbia 2026The number \(2025\) is written on a board. Ana and Bojan play the following game, moving alternately. A move consists of erasing the number currently on the board and writing in its place the difference …

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