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Selection and Training Session

Belarus counting and probability

Problem

Thirty rays with the origin at the same point are constructed on a plane. Consider all angles between any two of these rays. Let be the number of acute angles among these angles. Find the smallest possible value of .
Solution
Answer: 135.
Final answer
135

Techniques

Coloring schemes, extremal argumentsPigeonhole principleCounting two ways