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Is there a sequence of natural numbers in which every natural number occurs exactly once, and for any \(k = 1, 2, 3, \dots\) the sum of the first \(k\) terms of the sequence is divisible by \(k\)?

A professional tennis player plays at least one match each day for training purposes. However in order to ensure he does not over-exert himself he plays no more than 12 matches a week. Prove that it is possible to find a group of consecutive days during which the player plays a total of 20 matches.

A country is called a Fiver if, in it, each city is connected by airlines with exactly with five other cities (there are no international flights).

a) Draw a scheme of airlines for a country that is made up of 10 cities.

b) How many airlines are there in a country of 50 cities?

c) Can there be a Fiver country, in which there are exactly 46 airlines?

Write out in a row the numbers from \(1\) to \(9\) (every number once) so that every two consecutive numbers give a two-digit number that is divisible by \(7\) or by \(13\).