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counting and probability junior

Problem

The letters and are entered into a table according to the pattern shown below. How many s, s, and s will appear in the completed table?
problem
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
Solution
In our grid we can see there are and of the letters and 's respectively. We can see our pattern between each is and for the and 's respectively. This such pattern will follow in our bigger example, so we can see that the only answer choice which satisfies this condition is
Final answer
C