2021/22 AHSMC Part 1 Problem 9
Problem 9 of 16
At a daycare consisting of children, each child can bring at most toys (but could also bring fewer toys, including no toys at all). Without knowing how many toys each child will bring, what is the maximum value of for which the following statement is true?
At least children must bring the same number of toys.
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Each child can bring toys. Since there are children, at least must bring the same number of toys. This shows . To show that is the answer, suppose that children brought toys each, more children brought one toy each, and so on until the last children brought toys each. This accounts for all children, and in this situation the statement is false for any . The answer is (B).