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2020 AMC 10AProblem 18P16-20~4 minPrint

Let (a,b,c,d)(a,b,c,d) be an ordered quadruple of not necessarily distinct integers, each one of them in the set {0,1,2,3}.\{0,1,2,3\}. For how many such quadruples is it true that adbca\cdot d-b\cdot c is odd? (For example, (0,3,1,1)(0,3,1,1) is one such quadruple, because 0131=30\cdot 1-3\cdot 1 = -3 is odd.)

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