Wednesday, October 8, 2008

Problem Of The Week 48

If square tiles are to be fitted on a square floor in such a way that the floor looks the same from all the sides. The tiles are availble in 6 different colors. In how many ways can the floor be made if it should have maximum possible colors?




1) 360

2) 60

3) 1296

4) 256

5) None of these
Posted by Unknown at 6:17 PM
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5 comments:

  1. ankajOctober 9, 2008 at 2:49 PM

    Outtimed bhai...

    thoda sa hint...i am quite bad at these P/C type problems...has not arrived at a point where i can start with problem :(

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  2. outtimedOctober 9, 2008 at 3:15 PM

    it is a bit involved problem
    try some head banging

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  3. riyaOctober 11, 2008 at 10:56 PM

    help help help!

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  4. SmileyfaceOctober 17, 2008 at 12:22 PM

    Is 360 the answer?
    12 rows in all , with a symmetric boundary for all the colours, the colours can be arranged in 6! ways ... is it correct ?

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  5. wolverineOctober 29, 2008 at 8:34 PM

    outmitted....when will u submit the correct answer to this with detailed explanation.....??

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