{"status": "success", "data": {"description_md": "Five circles are drawn on a piece of paper and connected as shown. Each circle must be coloured red, blue or green. Two circles connected by a straight line may not be coloured the same. How many different ways are there to colour the circles?\n\n<center><img class=\"problem-image\" src=\"/static/pascal/2008/crops/08_pascal_p24_fig.png\" alt=\"figure\" width=\"264\"></center>\n\n$\\text{(A)}\\ 24\\qquad\\text{(B)}\\ 60\\qquad\\text{(C)}\\ 72\\qquad\\text{(D)}\\ 36\\qquad\\text{(E)}\\ 48$\n\n___\n\n**[Pascal](https://www.cemc.uwaterloo.ca/contests/past_contests.html#pcf), by [CEMC](https://cemc.uwaterloo.ca/), is licensed under the [CC BY-NC 3.0 DEED](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/). They are not affiliated with or endorse TopsOJ in any way.**\n", "description_html": "<p>Five circles are drawn on a piece of paper and connected as shown. Each circle must be coloured red, blue or green. Two circles connected by a straight line may not be coloured the same. How many different ways are there to colour the circles?</p>\n<center><img class=\"problem-image\" src=\"/static/pascal/2008/crops/08_pascal_p24_fig.png\" alt=\"figure\" width=\"264\"></center>\n<p><span class=\"katex--inline\">\\text{(A)}\\ 24\\qquad\\text{(B)}\\ 60\\qquad\\text{(C)}\\ 72\\qquad\\text{(D)}\\ 36\\qquad\\text{(E)}\\ 48</span></p>\n<hr>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https://www.cemc.uwaterloo.ca/contests/past_contests.html#pcf\">Pascal</a>, by <a href=\"https://cemc.uwaterloo.ca/\">CEMC</a>, is licensed under the <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/\">CC BY-NC 3.0 DEED</a>. They are not affiliated with or endorse TopsOJ in any way.</strong></p>\n", "hints_md": "", "hints_html": "", "editorial_md": "", "editorial_html": "", "flag_hint": "", "point_value": 3, "problem_name": "2008 Pascal Problem 24", "can_next": true, "can_prev": true, "nxt": "/problem/08_pascal_p25", "prev": "/problem/08_pascal_p23"}}