How many 3-element subsets of the set have sum of elements divisible by 4?
HMMT November
Solution
Consider the elements of the sets mod 4. Then we would need to have sets of the form , , or . In the set there are four elements divisible by 4 and 5 elements congruent to each of . Hence the desired number is given by
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