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Putnam 2018 B6

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December 2, 2018
PutnamPutnam 2018Hi

Problem Statement

Let SS be the set of sequences of length 2018 whose terms are in the set {1,2,3,4,5,6,10}\{1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 10\} and sum to 3860. Prove that the cardinality of SS is at most 23860(20182048)2018.2^{3860} \cdot \left(\frac{2018}{2048}\right)^{2018}.