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VMO 2006 — Division B Question 3

VMO · VMO 2006 — Division B

Question 3

A forest ranger unit wants to prepare a patrol schedule for the whole year 2006 satisfying:
(i) The number of patrol days exceeds half the number of days in the year.
(ii) No two patrol days are exactly one week apart.
1. Prove that such a schedule exists, knowing that 2006 has $365$ days.
2. How many such patrol schedules are there?