Pigeonhole principle

Six distinct positive integers are randomly chosen between 1 and 2006, inclusive. What is the probability that some pair of these integers has a difference that is a multiple of 5?

1.3/5

2.1/2

3.4/5

4.1

//I have not get that how here we can apply pigeonhole principle to solve the question and how we can solve this question

For two numbers to have a difference that is a multiple of 5, the numbers must be congruent (their remainders after division by 5 must be the same).

are the possible values of numbers in . Since there are only 5 possible values in and we are picking numbers, by the Pigeonhole Principle, two of the numbers must be congruent .

Therefore the probability that some pair of the 6 integers has a difference that is a multiple of 5 is .

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