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MathNet 2022-part-06 — 196 problems (EN–VI) Question 15

Math Olympiad Vault · MathNet 2022-part-06 — 196 problems (EN–VI)

Question 15

For any finite set $X$, let $|X|$ denote the number of elements in $X$. Define
$$
S_n = \sum |A \cap B|,
$$
where the sum is taken over all ordered pairs $(A, B)$ such that $A$ and $B$ are subsets of $\{1, 2, 3, \dots, n\}$ with $|A| = |B|$. For example, $S_2 = 4$ because the sum is taken over the pairs of subsets
$$
(A, B) \in \{(\emptyset, \emptyset), (\{1\}, \{1\}), (\{1\}, \{2\}), (\{2\}, \{1\}), (\{2\}, \{2\}), (\{1, 2\}, \{1, 2\})\},
$$
giving $S_2 = 0 + 1 + 0 + 0 + 1 + 2 = 4$. Let $\frac{S_{2022}}{S_{2021}} = \frac{p}{q}$, where $p$ and $q$ are relatively prime positive integers. Find the remainder when $p+q$ is divided by 1000.