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Nigerian Senior Mathematics Olympiad Round 2
2022 Nigerian Senior MO Round 2
Problem 5
Problem 5
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2022 Nigerian Senior MO Round 2
Problems
(1)
How many paths?
Source: 2022 Nigerian Senior MO Round 2/Problem 5
5/6/2022
For how many paths comsisting of a sequence of horizontal and/or vertical line segments, with each segment connecting a pair of adjacent letters in the diagram below, is the word
OLYMPIADS
\textup{OLYMPIADS}
OLYMPIADS
spelled out as the path is traversed from beginning to end?\begin{tabular}{ccccccccccccccccc}& & & & & & & & O & & & & & & & &\\ & & & & & & & O & L & O & & & & & & &\\ & & & & & & O & L & Y & L & O & & & & & &\\ & & & & & O & L & Y & M & Y & L & O & & & & &\\ & & & & O & L & Y & M & P & M & Y & L & O & & & &\\ & & & O & L & Y & M & P & I & P & M & Y & L & O & & &\\ & & O & L & Y & M & P & I & A & I & P & M & Y & L & O & &\\ & O & L & Y & M & P & I & A & D & A & I & P & M & Y & L & O &\\ O & L & Y & M & P & I & A & D & S & D & A & I & P & M & Y & L & O \end{tabular}
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