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2/5 ≤ m/n ≤ 3/5 (Posted on 2009-10-20) Difficulty: 3 of 5
Five distinct n-digit binary numbers are such that for any two numbers chosen from them the digits will coincide in precisely m places. There is no place with the common digit for all the five numbers. At least one of the binary numbers contains leading zero.

Prove that 2/5 ≤ m/n ≤ 3/5.

See The Solution Submitted by K Sengupta    
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re: Eureka! (spoiler) | Comment 4 of 7 |
(In reply to Eureka! (spoiler) by Steve Herman)

Nice proof.

In response to your part D)
n=5, m=2

00000
00011
00101
01001
10001

which can be extended to n=5a, m=2a

0000000000
0000001111
0000110011
0011000011
1100000011

but have not found others

  Posted by Jer on 2009-10-22 10:42:22

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