2005 AMC 10B Problem 25
Problem 25 of 25HarderAlgebraCounting & Probability
A subset of the set of integers from to inclusive, has the property that no two elements of sum to What is the maximum possible number of elements in
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Solution
The pairs summing to are which is pairs. From each pair, may contain at most one element.
The numbers through cannot pair with anything in range to sum to so all of them may be included.
Thus has at most elements, and the set achieves this.
Thus, C is the correct answer.