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OpenStudy (anonymous):

I've got a little discrete math question on functions, could use some help, I'm fairly lost.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Probably have to explain in terms of bijective, injective and onto

OpenStudy (anonymous):

But i'm thinking it has to do with the pigeonhole principle

hero (hero):

You're on the right track with pigenhole principle. The pigeonhole principle states the following; If m objects are placed into n bins, where m > n, then some bin contains at least two objects. In this case, the objects are math students, the bins are various likes and dislikes. What you can conclude: Given a large enough number of objects with a bounded number of properties, eventually at least two of them will share a property.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Oh okay thanks, that makes sense

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