1985 USAMO Problems/Problem 4

Problem

There are $n$ people at a party. Prove that there are two people such that, of the remaining $n-2$ people, there are at least $\lfloor n/2\rfloor -1$ of them, each of whom knows both or else knows neither of the two. Assume that "know" is a symmetrical relation; $\lfloor x\rfloor$ denotes the greatest integer less than or equal to $x$.

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1985 USAMO (ProblemsResources)
Preceded by
Problem 3
Followed by
Problem 5
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