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residues modulo 5

Source: Lithuania NMO 2010

March 11, 2012
combinatorics proposedcombinatorics

Problem Statement

Arrange arbitrarily 1,2,,251,2,\ldots ,25 on a circumference. We consider all 2525 sums obtained by adding 55 consecutive numbers. If the number of distinct residues of those sums modulo 55 is dd (0d5)(0\le d\le 5),find all possible values of dd.