Proximity

Age 14 to 16 Challenge Level:

 

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.
 icosahedron

 



 

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