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2021 Vietnam National Olympiad
Problems
(1)
a student divides all 30 marbles into 5 boxes, paints a few marbles
Source: VMO 2021 P6 Vietnam National Olympiad
12/26/2020
A student divides all
30
30
30
marbles into
5
5
5
boxes numbered
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
,
5
1, 2, 3, 4, 5
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
,
5
(after being divided, there may be a box with no marbles). a) How many ways are there to divide marbles into boxes (are two different ways if there is a box with a different number of marbles)? b) After dividing, the student paints those
30
30
30
marbles by a number of colors (each with the same color, one color can be painted for many marbles), so that there are no
2
2
2
marbles in the same box. have the same color and from any
2
2
2
boxes it is impossible to choose
8
8
8
marbles painted in
4
4
4
colors. Prove that for every division, the student must use no less than
10
10
10
colors to paint the marbles. c) Show a division so that with exactly
10
10
10
colors the student can paint the marbles that satisfy the conditions in question b).
combinatorics
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