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MathNet 2020 — Math Olympiad Vault — Part 01 Question 79

Math Olympiad Vault · MathNet 2020 — Math Olympiad Vault — Part 01

Question 79

Let $n$ be a positive integer. A restaurant offers a choice of $n$ starters, $n$ main dishes, $n$ desserts and $n$ wines. A merry company dines at the restaurant, with each guest choosing a starter, main dish, dessert and wine. No two people place exactly the same order. It so happens that there is no collection of $n$ guests such that their orders coincide in three of these aspects, but in the fourth one they all differ. (For example, there are no $n$ people that order exactly the same three courses of food, but $n$ different wines.) What is the maximal number of guests?