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A geometric gangster shooting (Posted on 2019-05-06)

Ten gangsters are standing on a flat surface, and the distances between them are all distinct. Suddenly, each of them fatally shoots the one among the other nine gangsters that is the nearest. What is the maximum possible number of surviving gangsters?

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Subject	Author	Date
Solution with explanation	FrankM	2020-05-20 19:44:20
First thoughts (More to come later, I hope!)	FrankM	2019-05-07 08:42:53
re(2): A guess (spoiler?)	Charlie	2019-05-06 18:21:38
re(2): A guess (spoiler?)	Charlie	2019-05-06 17:01:42
re: A guess (spoiler?)	Jer	2019-05-06 12:25:03
A guess (spoiler?)	Steve Herman	2019-05-06 10:51:31

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