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MathNet 2020 — Math Olympiad Vault — Part 02 Question 64

Math Olympiad Vault · MathNet 2020 — Math Olympiad Vault — Part 02

Question 64

Wonderland has $n$ cities. Each pair is connected by one directed road, from one city to the other. Alice asks the King of Hearts questions: each time she chooses a pair, and he identifies the starting city of their road.

Prove that with at most $5 n$ questions, Alice can determine whether a city has at most one outgoing road.