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CIIM 2014 Problem 3

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August 9, 2016
CIIMCIIM 2014undergraduate

Problem Statement

Given n2n\geq2, let A\mathcal{A} be a family of subsets of the set {1,2,,n}\{1,2,\dots,n\} such that, for any A1,A2,A3,A4AA_1,A_2,A_3,A_4 \in \mathcal{A}, it holds that A1A2A3A4n2|A_1 \cup A_2 \cup A_3 \cup A_4| \leq n -2. Prove that A2n2.|\mathcal{A}| \leq 2^{n-2}.