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Show that in any set of six classes, each meeting regularly once a week on a particular day of the week, there must be two that meet on the same day, assuming that no classes are held on weekends.

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There are six classes (pigeons), but only five weekdays (pigeonholes). Therefore, by the pigeonhole principle, at least \lceil\dfrac{6}{5}\rceil=2 classes must be held on the same day.

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