Solution
We fix the larger disk first, then place the smaller disk on the top of the larger disk so that the centers and
sectors coincide. There are 200 ways to place the smaller disk in such a manner. For each such alignment, some sectors
of the two disks may have the same color. Since each sector of the smaller disk will match the same color sector of
the larger disk 100 times among all the 200 ways and there are 200 sectors in the smaller disk, the total number of
matched color sectors among the 200 ways is 100 × 200 = 20,000. Note that there are only 200 ways. Then there is at least one way that the number of matched color sectors is 20,000 / 200 = 100 or more.
Reference
- Beifang Chen, The Pigeonhole Principle
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