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I run a book club with n people, not including myself. Every day, for 365 days, I invite four members in the club to review a book. What is the smallest positive integer n so that I can avoid ever having the exact same group of four members over all 365 days?

 

Thanks in advance for anyone who helps ^0^

 Feb 28, 2020

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\(\text{What you need is $n \ni \dbinom{n}{4} \geq 365$}\\ \text{Whipping out our pocket Pascal's Triangle we see that}\\ \dbinom{11}{4} = 330\\ \dbinom{12}{4} = 495\\ \text{So a group of 12 people and you're good to go}\)

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 Feb 28, 2020
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\(\text{What you need is $n \ni \dbinom{n}{4} \geq 365$}\\ \text{Whipping out our pocket Pascal's Triangle we see that}\\ \dbinom{11}{4} = 330\\ \dbinom{12}{4} = 495\\ \text{So a group of 12 people and you're good to go}\)

Rom Feb 28, 2020
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"Pocket Pascal's Triangle  "  ⇒  LOL!!!!

 

 

cool cool cool

CPhill  Feb 28, 2020
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Thank you ^0^ 

 

I haven't learned about Pascal's Triangles yet, so I'll go and search them up and see if I can do my other homeworks by myself.

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