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UKMT Pink Kangaroo, 2015

Combinatorics Difficulty 2.0 Junior Find the answer United Kingdom

How many three-digit numbers are there in which any two adjacent digits differ by 3?

(A) $12$ (B) $14$ (C) $16$ (D) $18$ (E) $20$

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