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- From: noffke@carroll1.cc.edu (Pat Noffke)
- Newsgroups: sci.math
- Subject: Interesting Discrete Math Question
- Message-ID: <3548@carroll1.cc.edu>
- Date: 15 Dec 92 21:19:57 GMT
- Reply-To: noffke@carroll1.cc.edu (Pat Noffke)
- Organization: Carroll College-Waukesha, WI
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- Here's a question we had on one of our last tests in Discrete.
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- A jar contains 100 chips numbered 1 through 100. I want to draw a
- subset of chips that satisfies the condition that at least two chips
- have values that differ by exactly 3. What is the minimum number of
- chips I must draw to guarantee that I satisfy the condition? Justify
- your response.
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- That's it. I already have one approach. I'm just curious as to what
- some others may be. Thanks a lot.
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- Patrick Noffke
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