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There were seven boxes. In some of them, seven more boxes were placed inside (not nested in each other), etc. As a result, there are 10 non-empty boxes. How many boxes are there now in total?

Four aliens — Dopey, Sleepy, Happy, and Moody — from the planet of liars and truth-tellers are having a conversation.

Dopey says to Sleepy: “You are a liar.”

Happy says to Sleepy: “You are a liar.”

Moody says to Happy: “They are both liars.” Then, after thinking for a moment, Moody adds a final statement: “You are also a liar”

Which of the four aliens are telling the truth?

A class contains 25 pupils. It is known that within any group of 3 pupils there are two friends. Prove that there is a pupil who has no fewer than 12 friends.

A scone contains raisins and sultanas. Prove that inside the scone there will always be two points 1cm apart such that either both lie inside raisins, both inside sultanas, or both lie outside of either raisins or sultanas.

The order of books on a shelf is called wrong if no three adjacent books are arranged in order of height (either increasing or decreasing). How many wrong orders is it possible to construct from \(n\) books of different heights, if: a) \(n = 4\); b) \(n = 5\)?

101 points are marked on a plane; not all of the points lie on the same straight line. A red pencil is used to draw a straight line passing through each possible pair of points. Prove that there will always be a marked point on the plane through which at least 11 red lines pass.

33 representatives of four different races – humans, elves, gnomes, and goblins – sit around a round table.

It is known that humans do not sit next to goblins, and that elves do not sit next to gnomes. Prove that some two representatives of the same peoples must be sitting next to one another.