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Ann chooses subsets

Source: Bosnia and Herzegovina TST 2007 day 2 problem 3

May 13, 2014
inductioncombinatorics unsolvedcombinatorics

Problem Statement

The set AA has exactly n>4n>4 elements. Ann chooses n+1n+1 distinct subsets of AA, such that every subset has exactly 33 elements. Prove that there exist two subsets chosen by Ann which have exactly one common element.