Practice Identifying Pigeons and Holes - 17.6.1 | 17. Module No#08 | Discrete Mathematics - Vol 2
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Question 1

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Explain the pigeonhole principle in your own words.

💡 Hint: Think about socks in drawers.

Question 2

Easy

What is the midpoint of (3,5) and (7,9)?

💡 Hint: Add x-coordinates and y-coordinates separately, then divide by 2.

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Question 1

What does the pigeonhole principle state?

  • If items equal holes
  • all containers are full.
  • More items than containers results in at least one full container.
  • There are empty containers.

💡 Hint: Think about sock drawers!

Question 2

True or False: Two distinct integers selected from 1 to 8 cannot sum to 9.

  • True
  • False

💡 Hint: Check the pairs methodically.

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Question 1

Demonstrate that selecting 5 coordinates (x,y) within a certain range guarantees common parity.

💡 Hint: Remember your mapping from earlier!

Question 2

Given any integer k, what is the least number of 1's you can arrange to find a multiple of k consisting only of 0s and 1s?

💡 Hint: Consider the remainders calculated.

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