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Dan drew seven graphs on the board, each of which is a tree with six vertices. Prove that among them there are two which are isomorphic.

Each of the edges of a complete graph consisting of 6 vertices is coloured in one of two colours. Prove that there are three vertices, such that all the edges connecting them are the same colour.

Eugenie, arriving from Big-island, said that there are several lakes connected by rivers. Three rivers flow from each lake, and four rivers flow into each lake. Prove that she is wrong.

In some country there is a capital and another 100 cities. Some cities (including the capital) are connected by one-way roads. From each non-capital city 20 roads emerge, and 21 roads enter each such city. Prove that you cannot travel to the capital from any city.

Several teams played a volleyball tournament amongst themselves. We will say that team \(A\) is better than team \(B\), if either \(A\) has either beaten team \(B\), or there exists such a team \(C\) that was beaten by \(A\), whilst \(C\) beat team \(B\).

a) Prove that there is a team that is better than all.

b) Prove that the team that won the tournament is the best.

Some two teams scored the same number of points in a volleyball tournament. Prove that there are teams \(A\), \(B\) and \(C\), in which \(A\) beat \(B\), \(B\) beat \(C\) and \(C\) beat \(A\).

In some state, there are 101 cities.

a) Each city is connected to each of the other cities by one-way roads, and 50 roads lead into each city and 50 roads lead out of each city. Prove that you can get from each city to any other, having travelled on no more than on two roads.

b) Some cities are connected by one-way roads, and 40 roads lead into each city and 40 roads lead out of each. Prove that you can get form each city to any other, having travelled on no more than on three roads.

In the country called Orientation a one-way traffic system was introduced on all the roads, and each city can be reached from any other one by driving on no more than two roads. One road was closed for repairs but from every city it remained possible to get to any other. Prove that for every two cities this can still be done whilst driving on no more than 3 roads.

In what number system is the equality \(3 \times 4 = 10\) correct?