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Problem 436

AMC 12 late, AIME early

Combinatorics Difficulty 4.9 Find the answer

In Lake Swan, there are black swans and white swans, a total of 16. Among them, the number of young swans is greater than that of adult swans. The relationship of the number of swans is:
$0<$ Adult White Swans < Young White Swans < Young Black Swans < Adult Black Swans. The number of young black swans is $\qquad$ .

Your answer

A number or a short expression. Fractions can be typed as 3/2, and spacing doesn't matter.

Official solution

$5$

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