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1965 IMO Problems/Problem 6

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Problem

In a plane a set of n points (n\geq 3) is given. Each pair of points is connected by a segment. Let d be the length of the longest of these segments. We define a diameter of the set to be any connecting segment of length d. Prove that the number of diameters of the given set is at most n.

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