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Bdmo 2013 secondary

Posted: Mon Mar 02, 2015 7:29 pm
by Tahmid
There are $n$ cities in a country. Between any two cities there is at most one road. Suppose that the total
number of roads is $n$ . Prove that there is a city such that starting from there it is possible to come back to it
without ever travelling the same road twice .

Re: Bdmo 2013 secondary

Posted: Mon Mar 02, 2015 9:10 pm
by Nirjhor
A graph with $n$ vertices and $n$ edges contains a cycle. (With $n-1$ edges and no cycles it must be a tree, so the $n$th edge forms a cycle.)

Re: Bdmo 2013 secondary

Posted: Mon Mar 02, 2015 9:53 pm
by Tahmid
$Strong$ $induction$ also gives a result . ;)

Re: Bdmo 2013 secondary

Posted: Tue Mar 03, 2015 12:36 am
by *Mahi*
Previously posted here http://www.matholympiad.org.bd/forum/vi ... =13&t=2928 , also pinned at the top of forum home page. Please, for common problems, search the forum at least once. Topic locked.