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2018 Putnam B Problems/Problem 1

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Problem

Let $\mathcal{P}$ be the set of vectors defined by \[\mathcal{P} = \left\{\begin{pmatrix} a \\ b \end{pmatrix} \, \middle\vert \, 0 \le a \le 2, 0 \le b \le 100, \, \text{and} \, a, b \in \mathbb{Z}\right\}.\]Find all $\mathbf{v} \in \mathcal{P}$ such that the set $\mathcal{P}\setminus\{\mathbf{v}\}$ obtained by omitting vector $\mathbf{v}$ from $\mathcal{P}$ can be partitioned into two sets of equal size and equal sum.

Solution

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