Problem

Source: 2013 Saudi Arabia IMO TST I p3

Tags: combinatorics



A Saudi company has two offices. One office is located in Riyadh and the other in Jeddah. To insure the connection between the two offices, the company has designated from each office a number of correspondents so that : (a) each pair of correspondents from the same office share exactly one common correspondent from the other office. (b) there are at least $10$ correspondents from Riyadh. (c) Zayd, one of the correspondents from Jeddah, is in contact with exactly $8$ correspondents from Riyadh. What is the minimum number of correspondents from Jeddah who are in contact with the correspondent Amr from Riyadh?