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Lucky Guests Crossed Distinct Colored Hat Conclusion (Posted on 2023-07-27) Difficulty: 3 of 5
Each of n guests at a party wears a hat of one of three distinct colors.

A guest is said to be lucky if at least two of his/her friends in the party wear differently colored hats.

Determine all possible values of n for which it is always possible to choose a guest and to change his/her hat to hat of one of the remaining two colors such that the total number of lucky guests will not be decreased.
Note: For any pair of partygoers, they are either mutual friends or mutual strangers.

  Submitted by K Sengupta    
Rating: 5.0000 (1 votes)
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If the number of partygoers is not a multiple of 3 then it will always be possible to find a person and change their hat and not decrease the number of lucky people.

For an explanation, refer to the solution submitted by Brian Smith in this location.

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  Subject Author Date
re: What Is The Southside Fade Haircut?K Sengupta2024-06-19 01:25:10
What Is The Southside Fade Haircut?jihas2023-08-05 00:25:07
Some ThoughtsSolution?Brian Smith2023-07-28 11:14:16
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