Thread: 2.b Pigeonhole Principle

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Using the Pigeonhole Principle find the minimum number of researchers required in a research project to be sure that at least ten will receive the same sub-topic, if there are nine possible sub-topics A,B,C,D,E,F,G,H,I.

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Originally Posted by cu4mail

another question.. plz help me

Using the Pigeonhole Principle find the minimum number of researchers required in a research project to be sure that at least ten will receive the same sub-topic, if there are nine possible sub-topics A,B,C,D,E,F,G,H,I.

Thnx

Not completely sure on this, but start by filling up each sub-topic with 9 researchers. Then add an extra 1 to one sub-topic. This will fill the condition. Hence, the number of researchers is .