Given that the function
f:A→B satisfies the condition
f(1)+f(2)=f(4)−1, where the set
A={1,2,3,4,5} and the set
B={1,2,3,4,5,6}.
We want to find out how many such functions exist.
First, observe that the condition
f(1)+f(2)=f(4)−1 can be rewritten as
f(1)+f(2)+1=f(4). So, the sum of
f(1),f(2), and 1 is equal to
f(4). Since
f(4) is a value in set B, it can take values from 1 to 6.
The maximum value of
f(1)+f(2)+1 can be
6+6+1=13, but this is more than 6 (the maximum value of
f(4)), so it's not possible. Thus, the maximum value of
f(4) in this case can be 6.
Let's now analyze the number of functions for each value of
f(4) from 3 to 6 (we start from 3 because
f(1) and
f(2) take values from set B and their minimum sum plus 1 is 3):
1. When
f(4)=6, then
f(1)+f(2)=5. The pairs
(f(1),f(2)) that satisfy this equation are
(1,4),(2,3),(3,2),(4,1). For each of these 4 cases, the functions
f(3) and
f(5) can each take 6 values from set B, resulting in
4×6×6=144 functions.
2. When
f(4)=5, then
f(1)+f(2)=4. The pairs
(f(1),f(2)) that satisfy this equation are
(1,3),(2,2),(3,1). For each of these 3 cases, the functions
f(3) and
f(5) can each take 6 values from set B, resulting in
3×6×6=108 functions.
3. When
f(4)=4, then
f(1)+f(2)=3. The pairs
(f(1),f(2)) that satisfy this equation are
(1,2),(2,1). For each of these 2 cases, the functions
f(3) and
f(5) can each take 6 values from set B, resulting in
2×6×6=72 functions.
4. When
f(4)=3, then
f(1)+f(2)=2. The only pair
(f(1),f(2)) that satisfies this equation is
(1,1). For this case, the functions
f(3) and
f(5) can each take 6 values from set B, resulting in
1×6×6=36 functions.
Adding the numbers of functions from all these cases, we get a total of
144+108+72+36=360 functions from
A to
B that satisfy the given condition.
Therefore, the number of functions
f:A→B satisfying the condition
f(1)+f(2)=f(4)−1 is 360.