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A game of debt

Source: 2024 Nepal TST, P4 and The Golden Digits Contest, April 2024, P1

April 21, 2024
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Problem Statement

Vlad draws 100 rays in the Euclidean plane. David then draws a line \ell and pays Vlad one pound for each ray that \ell intersects. Naturally, David wants to pay as little as possible. What is the largest amount of money that Vlad can get from David?
Proposed by Vlad Spătaru