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very hard(Russia 2003)(help me)

Source: V. Dolnikov, P. Karasev

August 5, 2009
analytic geometryemailgeometrygeometric transformationhomothetycombinatorics unsolvedcombinatorics

Problem Statement

A finite set of points XX and an equilateral triangle TT are given on a plane. Suppose that every subset XX' of XX with no more than 99 elements can be covered by two images of TT under translations. Prove that the whole set XX can be covered by two images of TT under translations.