Can you solve it? Are you a match for Britain’s teenage geniuses?
by Alex Bellos from on (#5YS0F)
Smash this perplexing ping pong poser
UPDATE: To read the solution click here
Today's puzzle appeared in last year's British Mathematical Olympiad (BMO), a competition taken by almost 2,000 school pupils in the UK.
The BMO is the top national maths contest for pre-university students, and is part of the selection process for the British team at the International Mathematical Olympiad and the European Girls' Mathematical Olympiad.
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