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Geometry Difficulty 4.6 AIME Prove it Brazil

Show that it is possible to color each point of a circle red or blue so that no right-angled triangle inscribed in the circle has its vertices all the same color.

Solution

Use any coloring with all pairs at opposite ends of a diameter having opposite colors. For example, take ABAB to be a diameter. Color AA red, BB blue, all points in the interior of one arc ABAB red and all points in the interior of the other blue.

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