Problem:
Each side of a sheet of paper is a map of 5 countries. The countries on one of the maps are colored in 5 different colors. Prove that it is possible to color the countries on the other map in such a way that every two are colored in different colors and at least of the sheet is colored in the same color on both sides.
Solution
Solution:
Denote by and the countries on the respective sides of the sheet of paper. Let be the area of the part of which belongs to the country on the other side of the sheet. (If and do not have a common area, then .) Then, setting the area of the sheet to be , we have
since equals the area of .
The sum can be written also as follows:
Hence at least one of the summands is greater than or equal to and let us assume that . We now color the countries as follows: by the color of , by the color of , by the color of , by the color of and by the color of . Then every two countries are colored in different colors and at least of the sheet is colored in the same color on both sides.
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