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Exercise 1716Combinatorics › Inclusion-exclusionOlympiadAdded 3 Nov 2026

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Statement

Count 3×33\times3 00-11 matrices with no all-11 row.

Hint

IE on "row ii is all ones".

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Solution

Sets. AiA_i = row ii all ones. ∣Ai∣=26=64|A_i|=2^6=64.

Pairs. ∣Ai∩Aj∣=23=8|A_i\cap A_j|=2^3=8.

Triple. ∣A1∩A2∩A3∣=1|A_1\cap A_2\cap A_3|=1.

IE. 512−3⋅64+3⋅8−1=512−192+24−1=343512-3\cdot64+3\cdot8-1=512-192+24-1=343.

Conclusion. 343343 matrices have no all-11 row.