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jmc

algebra senior

Problem

John computes the sum of the elements of each of the 15 two-element subsets of . What is the sum of these 15 sums?
Solution
Among the two-element subsets of , each element in appears 5 times, one time in the same subset with each other element. Thus, the desired sum is .
Final answer
105