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counting and probability senior

Problem

Let be the set . For , define to mean that either or . How many ordered triples of elements of have the property that , , and ?
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
Solution
First, we can find out that the only that satisfy the conditions in the problem are , , and . Consider the 1st set of conditions for . We get that there are cases for the first set of conditions. Since the 2nd and 3rd set of conditions are simply rotations of the 1st set, the total number of cases is
Final answer
B