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Israel 2011 Q6 - Red and blue numbered cards

Source: Israel National Olympiad 2011 Q6

August 8, 2019
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Problem Statement

There are NN red cards and NN blue cards. Each card has a positive integer between 11 and NN (inclusive) written on it. Prove that we can choose a (non-empty) subset of the red cards and a (non-empty) subset of the blue cards, so that the sum of the numbers on the chosen red cards equals the sum of the numbers on the chosen blue cards.