Discrete Mathematics and Its Applications, Seventh Edition

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Chapter 6 - Section 6.2 - The Pigeonhole Principle - Exercises - Page 406: 40

Answer

There are at least two people who know the same number of other people .

Work Step by Step

If a party host n people, a person can possibly know 0,1,2,3...n-1 people. using pigeonhole principle $[\frac{n}{n-1}]$ = 2 people know same number of people
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