Show that for any given 52 integers, there exist two of them whose sum, or else whose difference, is divisible by 100.
Proof:
Let
be a selected 52 integers.
Present each
or
where
. If the ordinal
remainder exceeds 50 then increase quotient by 1 to make remainder
. For example: if 75 in A, then 75=100*2-25, instead of
75=100*1+75; however, if 125 is in A, then 125=100*1+25.
Let
. Set B contains 52
remainders between 0 and 50. By
Pigeonhole principle, there are at least two remainders
for
. The corresponding
two numbers could be one of the following
and
. Therefore,
one of the
must be divisible by 100.