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The smallest solution I could find is that the treasure chest is shut with 156,849 locks and each pirate holds 4,753 non-duplicate keys. The statement of the problem is equivalent to The chest cannot be opened if and only if three or more pirates are missing. This means there could be one lock for each size-three subset of the 99 pirates. Each pirate in that trio should hold a key to that lock. Since 99 choose 3 = 156849, that is the number of locks required. Each pirate is a member of 98 ch
Mar 1, 2023, 3:06 pm - cottoneyedjoe - Mathematics Forum

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