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Proof WritingChallengePigeonhole and Extremal Arguments

Pigeonhole and Extremal Arguments · Challenge problem

Fifty-one points lie in a unit square. Cutting the square into 2525 small squares of side 15\tfrac15 forces three points into one small square. What is the radius of the smallest circle that is guaranteed to cover one small square, and so to contain three of the points?