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MathNet 2014 Question 50

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Question 50

In a country there are $n$ cities, with a two-way express train connecting every pair. The fare is the same in both directions on each train, and different trains have different fares. Prove that a traveler can choose a starting city and take $n-1$ consecutive trains, paying less for each successive train than for the previous one. The traveler may visit a city more than once.