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Vol. 26 · No. 271
Quant & Interview·hard

One-Way Routes

A 4 × 4 grid contains 16 points. You start at the top-left point and want to reach the bottom-right point.

Each move goes right along a row or down along a column. You may move any positive number of spaces, skipping points, but must land on a point in the grid. You cannot move left, up, or diagonally.

How many different routes are possible? Routes are different if their sequences of landing points differ.

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