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What is the minimum number of students, each of whom comes from one of the 50 states, who must be enrolled in a university to guarantee that there are at least 100 who come from the same state?.

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Answer:

Minimum number of student is 4951

Explanation:

4950 wont work because there are 99 student in each state

99 *50 =4950

there are 100 students comes from same state. So from pigeon hole principle there are at least [ 4951/50] = 100 come from state

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