Suppose 1054 people died in Datasville last year.?

Question

Suppose 1054 people died in Datasville last year.Why must

there be a two-week period during which 40 of those people died?

Answer 1

Oh, oh, pigeonhole principle!

Divide a year into two week periods--there are 26. Place 40 deaths into each of these 26 two week periods--you have exhausted 1040 deaths.

Alas, 14 deaths left over. Those 14 deaths had to have gone somewhere, and set at least one two-week period over the 40 death mark.

Answer 2

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