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CMO 2014 Problem 2

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Let mm and nn be odd positive integers. Each square of an mm by nn board is coloured red or blue. A row is said to be red-dominated if there are more red squares than blue squares in the row. A column is said to be blue-dominated if there are more blue squares than red squares in the column. Determine the maximum possible value of the number of red-dominated rows plus the number of blue-dominated columns. Express your answer in terms of mm and nn.

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m+n-2

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