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First Round, January 2019

Netherlands 2019 counting and probability

Problem

Arthur has written down five distinct positive integers smaller than . If you add any two of these five numbers, then the result will never be equal to . Which number did Arthur write down for sure? A) B) C) D) E)
Solution
E)
Final answer
E

Techniques

Pigeonhole principle