Problem

Source: Baltic Way 2015

Tags: combinatorics



There are $100$ members in a ladies' club.Each lady has had tea (in private) with exactly $56$ of her lady friends.The Board,consisting of the $50$ most distinguished ladies,have all had tea with one another.Prove that the entire club may be split into two groups in such a way that,with in each group,any lady has had tea with any other.