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- From: bs@gauss.mitre.org (Robert D. Silverman)
- Subject: Re: Interesting Discrete Math Question
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- Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 22:11:24 GMT
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- In article <3548@carroll1.cc.edu> noffke@carroll1.cc.edu (Pat Noffke) writes:
- :Here's a question we had on one of our last tests in Discrete.
- :
- :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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- You can easily draw 50 without satisfying the condition, e.g.
- 1,3,5,7,....99
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- The next one you draw will be at distance 3 from one of these.
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