i. A child places 0 or more pennies in her piggy bank each day, for 15 consecutive days. She then cracks open the piggy bank and finds that she has accumulated one dollar. (1 dollar = 100 pennies.) Explain how we know that on at least two days she placed the same number of pennies in her piggy bank.   ii. Five friends are at a party. Show that at least two people shook the same number of hands.   iii. An equilateral triangle measures 3 centimeters on each side contains 100 dots at random locations. Show that no matter how the dots are distributed, it is always possible to cover 12 or more dots with an equilateral triangle measuring 1 centimeter on each side.   We need to a proof for each of these

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i. A child places 0 or more pennies in her piggy bank each day, for 15 consecutive days. She then cracks open the piggy bank and finds that she has accumulated one dollar. (1 dollar = 100 pennies.) Explain how we know that on at least two days she placed the same number of pennies in her piggy bank.

 

ii. Five friends are at a party. Show that at least two people shook the same number of hands.

 

iii. An equilateral triangle measures 3 centimeters on each side contains 100 dots at random locations. Show that no matter how the dots are distributed, it is always possible to cover 12 or more dots with an equilateral triangle measuring 1 centimeter on each side.

 

We need to a proof for each of these

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