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Source: Kvant Magazine No. 2 2024 M2782

May 2, 2024
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Problem Statement

In a country, some cities are connected by two-way airlines, and one can get from any city to any other city in no more than nn{} flights. Prove that all airlines can be distributed among nn{} companies so that a route can be built between any two cities in which no more than two flights of each company would meet.
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