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25 * 1 (Posted on 2016-02-18) Difficulty: 2 of 5
There are 25 "ones" arranged in a 5*5 matrix.
You are requested to erase n ones leaving a matrix in which the quantities of "ones" in each column and each row are divisible by 3.

How many distinct solutions are there, provided you do not erase the "one" in the upper left corner?

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Solution re(2): solution - what about these? -- back to the computer Comment 3 of 3 |
(In reply to re: solution - what about these? by Brian Smith)

10011
01110
11100
01011
10101

10101
01101
11100
00000
11001

10101
10101
01110
01011
11010

10101
10110
00111
10011
00000

10110
01011
01101
10011
11100

10110
11010
10101
01011
01101

11001
01110
10110
00111
11001

11010
01101
10011
01110
10101

11010
01110
11001
10101
00111

11100
10011
00111
01101
11010

11100
11010
01011
00111
10101


The above are a sampling of the 1548 arrays that match what is asked for.  BTW, without the proviso that the upper-left corner remain a 1, there'd be a total of 2741 arrays.

DefDbl A-Z
Dim crlf$, vline(11) As String * 5


Private Sub Form_Load()
 Form1.Visible = True
 
 Text1.Text = ""
 crlf = Chr$(13) + Chr$(10)
 
 vline(0) = "00000"
 vline(1) = "00111"
 vline(2) = "01011"
 vline(3) = "01101"
 vline(4) = "01110"
 vline(5) = "10011"
 vline(6) = "10101"
 vline(7) = "10110"
 vline(8) = "11001"
 vline(9) = "11010"
 vline(10) = "11100"
 
 For r1 = 0 To 10
 For r2 = 0 To 10
 For r3 = 0 To 10
 For r4 = 0 To 10
 For r5 = 0 To 10
    good = 1
    For col = 1 To 5
      tot = Val(Mid(vline(r1), col, 1)) + Val(Mid(vline(r2), col, 1)) + Val(Mid(vline(r3), col, 1)) + Val(Mid(vline(r4), col, 1)) + Val(Mid(vline(r5), col, 1))
      If tot <> 0 And tot <> 3 Then good = 0: Exit For
    Next
    If good Then
      ct = ct + 1
      If Left(vline(r1), 1) = "1" Then
        ct2 = ct2 + 1
        If Rnd(1) < 1 / 80 Then
          Text1.Text = Text1.Text & vline(r1) & crlf
          Text1.Text = Text1.Text & vline(r2) & crlf
          Text1.Text = Text1.Text & vline(r3) & crlf
          Text1.Text = Text1.Text & vline(r4) & crlf
          Text1.Text = Text1.Text & vline(r5) & crlf
          Text1.Text = Text1.Text & crlf
        End If
      End If
    End If
 Next
 Next
 Next
 Next
 Next

 Text1.Text = Text1.Text & crlf & ct2 & Str(ct) & " done"
  
End Sub


  Posted by Charlie on 2016-02-18 13:50:04
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