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2012 AMC 12B Question 18

AMC12 · 2012 AMC 12B

Question 18

Let $(a_1, a_2, \ldots, a_{10})$ be a list of the first $10$ positive integers such that for each $2 \le i \le 10$ either $a_i + 1$ or $a_i - 1$ or both appear somewhere before $a_i$ in the list. How many such lists are there?
  1. $120$
  2. $512$
  3. $1024$
  4. $181{,}440$
  5. $362{,}880$