AMC 8 2025 Problem 25

AMC8 2025 年第 25 题

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Makayla finds all the possible ways to draw a path in a 5×55 \times 5 diamond-shaped grid. Each path starts at the bottom of the grid and ends at the top, always moving one unit northeast or northwest. She computes the area of the region between each path and the right side of the grid. Two examples are shown in the figures below. What is the sum of the areas determined by all possible paths?
Makayla在一个5×5的菱形网格中找到了所有可能的绘制路径的方式。每条路径从网格底部开始,到网格的顶部结束,总是朝东北或西北方向移动一个单位。她计算了每条路径与网格右侧边缘之间的区域面积。下图展示了两个示例。请问所有可能路径与网格右侧边缘之间的区域面积之和是多少?
AMC 8 2025 Problem 25 figure
  1. A.2520
  2. B.3150
  3. C.3840
  4. D.4730
  5. E.5050

正确答案 · Correct Answer

B

解析 · Solution

解法1

先把题意说清楚:5×5 的菱形格(一共 25 个小方格),从最下面的顶点出发、走到最上面的顶点,每步只能朝右上(NE)或左上(NW),共 10 步。每条路径把菱形切成左右两块,题目要的是「路径右边那块」的面积,并对所有路径求和。
三种解法都得 3150(外加一种仅供参考的进阶法):解法1 最直观(配对),解法2 换坐标看(转成方格),解法3 是竞赛常用的双重计数。
解法1(常规解法·配对求和) 先数路径条数:10 步里挑哪 5 步走 NE(其余自动是 NW)就定下整条路径,所以共 (105)=10!5! 5!=252\displaystyle \binom{10}{5}=\tfrac{10!}{5!\,5!}=252 条。 关键一招是「配对」:把整张菱形旋转 180∘180^\circ(等价于把每步 NE↔NW 对换),一条路径就变成另一条。菱形共 25 个格,一条路径右边那块若面积为 AA,左边那块就是 25-A;旋转 180∘180^\circ 后,原来的左块正好转到右边——所以它的「姐妹路径」右块面积恰是 25-A。
1114
(上图:左边路径右块面积 11,旋转 180∘180^\circ 成右边那条、右块面积 14,两者合 25。) 于是 252 条路径两两成对,每对面积和都是 25,共 252÷2=126252\div2=126 对,总面积 =126×25=3150。 易错点:求的是全部 252 条路径的面积「之和」,不是单条;配对时每对只算一次(126 对),别写成 252×25(那把每条重复数了一遍)。

Solution 1

*(Elementary — pair them up.)* First count the paths: choosing which 5 of the 10 steps go NE (the rest are NW) fixes the path, so there are (105)=10!5! 5!=252\displaystyle \binom{10}{5}=\tfrac{10!}{5!\,5!}=252. The key trick is pairing. Rotate the whole diamond 180∘180^\circ (equivalently, swap every step NE↔NW): one path turns into another. The diamond has 25 unit cells; if a path's right region has area AA, its left region is 25-A, and the 180∘180^\circ rotation turns the old left region into the new right region — so the partner ("sister") path has right-region area 25-A.
1114
(Above: the left path has right-area 11; rotated 180∘180^\circ it becomes the right path with right-area 14; together 25.) So the 252 paths split into 252÷2=126252\div2=126 pairs, each summing to 25: total =126×25=3150. Watch out: this is a sum over all 252 paths, and each pair is counted once (126 pairs) — don't write 252×25, which double-counts.

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