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Cut a \(7\times 7\) square into \(9\) rectangles, out of which you can construct any rectangle whose sidelengths are less than \(7\). Show how to construct the rectangles.

There are \(16\) cities in the kingdom. We would like to build roads between these cities so that one can get from any city to any other without passing through more than one city on the way. To save cost, we would like to have no more than four roads coming out of each city. Prove that such a system of roads is unfortunately impossible to build.

There are \(16\) cities in the kingdom. Prove that it is possible to build a system of roads in such a way that one can get from any city to any other without passing through more than one city on the way, and with at most five roads coming out of each city.