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n kinds of fruit, friends in a class

Source: 2022 Israel TST 3 P3

May 22, 2022
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Problem Statement

A class has 30 students. To celebrate 'Tu BiShvat' each student chose some dried fruits out of nn different kinds. Say two students are friends if they both chose from the same type of fruit. Find the minimal nn so that it is possible that each student has exactly 66 friends.