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CONO-SUR 1991 Problem 4

    A game consists in 99 coins (blacks or whites) arrenged in the following position (see picture 1). If you choose 11 coin on the border of the square, this coin and it's neighbours change their color. If you choose the coin at the centre, it doesn't change it's color, but the other 88 coins do. Here is an example of 99 white coins, and the changes of their colors, choosing the coin said: (see picture 2). Is it possible, starting with 99 white coins, to have 99 black coins?.

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