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Proof Writing & Problem Solving · Easy problem

The famous false "proof" that all horses have the same colour argues: given k+1k + 1 horses, horses 11 to kk share a colour and horses 22 to k+1k + 1 share a colour, and the two groups overlap, so all k+1k + 1 do. The step "P(k)⇒P(k+1)P(k) \Rightarrow P(k+1)" is valid for every kk except one. Which kk?

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