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Putnam 2016 B3

  • Session B

Suppose that SS is a finite set of points in the plane such that the area of triangle △ABC\triangle ABC is at most 1 whenever AA, BB, and CC are in SS. Show that there exists a triangle of area 4 that (together with its interior) covers the set SS.

Curated text Kedlaya Putnam archive. Quoted with source.

Solutions

Human solution Solution 1 by Kiran Kedlaya and Lenny Ng

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