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5 peaceful rooks (Posted on 2021-12-18)

If 33 rooks are placed on a regular 8 by 8 chessboard there always exists at least one set of 5 rooks (ignore the colour) non-attacking each other.

a. Prove it.
b. What would be the number of rooks given a 10 by 10 chessboard ?

No Solution Yet Submitted by Ady TZIDON

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