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points covered ink, vector translation

Source: Yugoslav TST 1973 P3

May 30, 2021
vectorgeometrygeometric transformation

Problem Statement

Several points are denoted on a white piece of paper. The distance between each two of the points is greater than 2424. A drop of ink was sprinkled over the paper covering an area smaller than π\pi. Prove that there exists a vector v\overrightarrow v with v<1\overrightarrow v<1, such that after translating all of the points by vv none of them is covered in ink.