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Consider all 1000-element subsets of the set {1, 2, 3, ... , 2015}.  From each such subset choose the least element.  The arithmetic mean of all of these least elements is <math> \frac{p}{q} </math>, where <math>p</math> and <math>q</math> are relatively prime positive integers.  Find <math>p + q</math>.
 
Consider all 1000-element subsets of the set {1, 2, 3, ... , 2015}.  From each such subset choose the least element.  The arithmetic mean of all of these least elements is <math> \frac{p}{q} </math>, where <math>p</math> and <math>q</math> are relatively prime positive integers.  Find <math>p + q</math>.
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== See also ==
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{{AIME box|year=2015|n=I|num-b=11|num-a=13}}
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[[Category:Introductory Geometry Problems]]

Revision as of 17:01, 20 March 2015

Problem

Consider all 1000-element subsets of the set {1, 2, 3, ... , 2015}. From each such subset choose the least element. The arithmetic mean of all of these least elements is $\frac{p}{q}$, where $p$ and $q$ are relatively prime positive integers. Find $p + q$.

See also

2015 AIME I (ProblemsAnswer KeyResources)
Preceded by
Problem 11
Followed by
Problem 13
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