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Case 2: <math>\text{Y}</math> is the last house. | Case 2: <math>\text{Y}</math> is the last house. | ||
| − | There are two possible | + | There are two possible arrangements: |
| − | <math>\text{B}-\text{O}-\text{R}-\text{Y}</math> | + | <math>\text{B}-\text{O}-\text{R}-\text{Y}</math> |
| − | <math>\text{O}-\text{B}-\text{R}-\text{Y}</math> | + | <math>\text{O}-\text{B}-\text{R}-\text{Y}</math> |
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| + | The answer is <math>1+2=\boxed{\textbf{(B) } 3}</math> | ||
==Solution 2== | ==Solution 2== | ||
Revision as of 22:56, 12 March 2023
- The following problem is from both the 2014 AMC 12A #3 and 2014 AMC 10A #4, so both problems redirect to this page.
Problem
Walking down Jane Street, Ralph passed four houses in a row, each painted a different color. He passed the orange house before the red house, and he passed the blue house before the yellow house. The blue house was not next to the yellow house. How many orderings of the colored houses are possible?
Solution 1
Let's use casework on the yellow house. The yellow house 
is either the 
house or the last house.
Case 1: 
is the house.
The only possible arrangement is 
Case 2: is the last house.
There are two possible arrangements:
The answer is 
Solution 2
There are 24 possible arrangements of the houses. The number of ways with the blue house next to the yellow house is 
, as we can consider the arrangements of (BY), O, and R. Thus there are 
arrangements with the blue and yellow houses non-adjacent.
Exactly half of these have the blue house before the yellow house by symmetry, and exactly half of those 6 arrangements have the orange house before the red house (also by symmetry), so our answer is 
Solution 3
This solution is an alternate to Solution 1.
First, we realize that the blue house is the first or second one. If the blue house is the first, then the orange house must be second, leading to 
cases (
, 
). If the blue house is second, the orange house must be first and the yellow house should be fourth, leading to 
case (
). Therefore, our answer is 
.
~MathFun1000
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See Also
| 2014 AMC 10A (Problems • Answer Key • Resources) | ||
| Preceded by Problem 3 |
Followed by Problem 5 | |
| 1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • 6 • 7 • 8 • 9 • 10 • 11 • 12 • 13 • 14 • 15 • 16 • 17 • 18 • 19 • 20 • 21 • 22 • 23 • 24 • 25 | ||
| All AMC 10 Problems and Solutions | ||
| 2014 AMC 12A (Problems • Answer Key • Resources) | |
| Preceded by Problem 2 |
Followed by Problem 4 |
| 1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • 6 • 7 • 8 • 9 • 10 • 11 • 12 • 13 • 14 • 15 • 16 • 17 • 18 • 19 • 20 • 21 • 22 • 23 • 24 • 25 | |
| All AMC 12 Problems and Solutions | |
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