#P1497. Counting Valid Layouts
Counting Valid Layouts
Counting Valid Layouts
Zhuge Liang challenges Pang Tong by arranging wooden pieces (often referred to as "wooden oxen and gliding horses") on an grid. To make the challenge tougher, he imposes a special rule: no two pieces may share the same row or the same column. In addition, each piece is painted with one of three colors (red, green, or blue). Two arrangements are considered different if either the positions of the pieces or their colors differ.
The total number of valid layouts is given by:
$$\text{Answer} = \binom{n}{k}^2 \times k! \times 3^k $$where (1 \leq k \leq n \leq 10).
inputFormat
The input consists of two integers (n) and (k) (with (1 \leq k \leq n \leq 10)) separated by a space.
outputFormat
Output a single integer, which is the number of valid layouts.
sample
3 2
162