Proximity

We are given a regular icosahedron having three red vertices. Show that it has a vertex that has at least two red neighbours.
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We are given a regular icosahedron having three red vertices. Show that it has a vertex that has at least two red neighbours.
 
If you're stuck, try this proof sorting activity.
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Proximity

 



 

This problem was taken from the Hungarian magazine KoMaL. There are many other challenging problems in English on the KoMal website.