{"status": "success", "data": {"description_md": "How many ways are there to place $3$ indistinguishable red chips, $3$ indistinguishable blue chips, and $3$ indistinguishable green chips in the squares of a $3 \\times 3$ grid so that no two chips of the same color are directly adjacent to each other, either vertically or horizontally?\n\n$\\textbf{(A)} ~12\\qquad\\textbf{(B)} ~18\\qquad\\textbf{(C)} ~24\\qquad\\textbf{(D)} ~30\\qquad\\textbf{(E)} ~36$", "description_html": "<p>How many ways are there to place  <span class=\"katex--inline\">3</span>  indistinguishable red chips,  <span class=\"katex--inline\">3</span>  indistinguishable blue chips, and  <span class=\"katex--inline\">3</span>  indistinguishable green chips in the squares of a  <span class=\"katex--inline\">3 \\times 3</span>  grid so that no two chips of the same color are directly adjacent to each other, either vertically or horizontally?</p>\n<p> <span class=\"katex--inline\">\\textbf{(A)} ~12\\qquad\\textbf{(B)} ~18\\qquad\\textbf{(C)} ~24\\qquad\\textbf{(D)} ~30\\qquad\\textbf{(E)} ~36</span> </p>\n<hr><p>Full credit goes to <a href=\"https://maa.org/\">MAA</a> for authoring these problems. These problems were taken on the <a href=\"https://artofproblemsolving.com/\">AOPS</a> website.</p>", "hints_md": "", "hints_html": "", "editorial_md": "", "editorial_html": "", "flag_hint": "", "point_value": 4, "problem_name": "2021 AMC 10A Problem 25", "can_next": false, "can_prev": true, "nxt": "", "prev": "/problem/21_amc10A_p24"}}