Problem

Source: 2020CHKMO Q2

Tags: partition, number theory



Let $S={1,2,\ldots,100}$. Consider a partition of $S$ into $S_1,S_2,\ldots,S_n$ for some $n$, i.e. $S_i$ are nonempty, pairwise disjoint and $\displaystyle S=\bigcup_{i=1}^n S_i$. Let $a_i$ be the average of elements of the set $S_i$. Define the score of this partition by \[\dfrac{a_1+a_2+\ldots+a_n}{n}.\] Among all $n$ and partitions of $S$, determine the minimum possible score.