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IMO 1963 Problem 6

  • Day 2

Five students A,B,C,D,EA, B, C, D, E took part in a contest. One prediction was that the contestants would finish in the order ABCDEABCDE . This prediction was very poor. In fact, no contestant finished in the position predicted, and no two contestants predicted to finish consecutively actually did so. A second prediction had the contestants finishing in the order DAECBDAECB . This prediction was better. Exactly two of the contestants finished in the places predicted, and two disjoint pairs of students predicted to finish consecutively actually did so. Determine the order in which the contestants finished.

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Official text: IMO 1963 official English paper, page 1.

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