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Subject: Hair
Category: Science
Asked by: m00se-ga
List Price: $2.00		 Posted: 24 Feb 2005 14:47 PST
Expires: 25 Feb 2005 10:43 PST
Question ID: 480311 
Batotoo has 996,000 inhabitants. No inhabitant has more than 300,000
hair on his or her head. Can you know beyond doubt, that at least 7
people in Batotoo have the same number of hair?
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Subject: Re: Hair
From: pinkfreud-ga on 24 Feb 2005 14:52 PST		  
You may want to read up on the "pigeonhole principle":

http://www.answers.com/topic/pigeonhole-principle
Subject: Re: Hair
From: sucker5-ga on 25 Feb 2005 09:11 PST		  
No we can not know beyond a doubt. As pinkfreud put it you can use the
pigeonhole to show this. 300,000 holes 996,000 pigeons.
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