Question

In the triple arrangement of letters below,a triple has a value of 1 if exactly 2 of the letters in the triple are the same. Any other combination has a value of 0.The value of the entire arrangement is the sum of the values of each of the triples.What is the value of the below arrangement?
ABA BBB CBA BBA
ACC CBC CCC ACA
BAC ABC BCA CAB
CBB BCA AAB ACC

Answer 1

sorry this is long

Answer 2

@Directrix help again? :3

Answer 3

This question reads as if you should look at each triple and assign it a value of 1 if two of the letters of the triple are the same. Any other type triple is assigned a 0. Then, you add all those numbers together for the final answer.

Answer 4

So for this first row:

ABA BBB CBA BBA
1 + 0 + 0 + 1 = 2

Answer 5

Now, you do the second row:

ACC CBC CCC ACA

Answer 6

oh i get it now!!! thanks the problem was hard for me too understand is all :)

Answer 7

2nd row is 3

Answer 8

just to be sure the answer is 8 right?

Answer 9

Did you get 0 for the third row?

Answer 10

> just to be sure the answer is 8 right?
That is what I got. 2+3+0+3

Answer 11

yes