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Problem 19 (2018 AMC 8)

AMC 8Normal

From module Counting Fundamentals

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In a sign pyramid a cell gets a "+"ifthetwocellsbelowithavethesamesign,anditgetsa"+" if the two cells below it have the same sign, and it gets a "-"ifthetwocellsbelowithavedifferentsigns.Thediagrambelowillustratesasignpyramidwithfourlevels.Howmanypossiblewaysaretheretofillthefourcellsinthebottomrowtoproducea"" if the two cells below it have different signs. The diagram below illustrates a sign pyramid with four levels. How many possible ways are there to fill the four cells in the bottom row to produce a "+" at the top of the pyramid? [See figure in original PDF]

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