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Source: Iran TST 2004

January 9, 2009
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Problem Statement

Suppose that p p is a prime number. Prove that for each k k, there exists an n n such that: \left(\begin{array}{c}n\\ \hline p\end{array}\right)\equal{}\left(\begin{array}{c}n\plus{}k\\ \hline p\end{array}\right)