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dances of boys and girls at a party

Source: 1964 Hungary - Kürschák Competition p2

October 11, 2022
combinatorics

Problem Statement

At a party every girl danced with at least one boy, but not with all of them. Similarly, every boy danced with at least one girl, but not with all of them. Show that there were two girls GG and GG' and two boys BB and BB', such that each of BB and GG danced, BB' and GG' danced, but BB and GG' did not dance, and BB' and GG did not dance.