International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO) 2018 2018 , Day 2 2 , Problem 4 4 of 6 6

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A site is any point x , y x, y in the plane such that x x and y y are both positive integers 20 \leq 20 . Initially, each of the 400 400 sites is unoccupied. Amy and Ben take turns placing stones with Amy going first. On her turn, Amy places a new red stone on an unoccupied site such that the distance between any two sites occupied by red stones is not equal to 5 \surd 5 . On his turn, Ben places a new blue stone on any unoccupied site. (A site occupied by a blue stone is allowed to be at any distance from any other occupied site.) They stop as soon as a player cannot place a stone. Find the greatest K K such that Amy can ensure that she places at least K K red stones, no matter how Ben places his blue stones.

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The answer is 100.

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