Problem

Source: 44th International Tournament of Towns, Senior O-Level P3, Fall 2022

Tags: combinatorics, equal segments, Tournament of Towns



There are 2022 marked points on a straight line so that every two adjacent points are the same distance apart. Half of all the points are coloured red and the other half are coloured blue. Can the sum of the lengths of all the segments with a red left endpoint and a blue right endpoint be equal to the sum of the lengths of all the segments with a blue left endpoint and a red right endpoint?