AMC 8 2023 Problem 16
AMC8 2023 年第 16 题
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The letters , , and are entered into a table according to the pattern shown below. How many 's, 's, and 's will appear in the completed table?
将字母 、、 按下图所示的规律填入 的方格表中。问在完成的表中,各会出现多少个 、多少个、多少个?

- A.
- B.
- C.
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正确答案 · Correct Answer
C
解析 · Solution
Solution 1
Since and is in the 2nd diagonal, it is also in the 20th diagonal, and so we find that there are . Since all the 's and 's are symmetric, the answer is user I lik math
Notice that rows and x+3 are the same, for any . Additionally, rows 1, 2, and 3 collectively contain the same number of P's, Q's, and R's, because the letters are just substituted for one another. Therefore, in the first 18 rows there are 120 of each letter. The first row has 7 P's, 7 Q's, and 6 R's, and the second row has 6 P's, 7 Q's, and 7 R's. Adding these to the first 18 rows, we obtain 133 P's, 134 Q's, and 133 R's.
This solution refers to the full diagram in.
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