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 +<box 85% round orange| Problem 7 (due on Monday, December 5)>
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 +n people are standing around a circle. Each person made an appointment with
 +the banker to make a transaction, either a withdrawal or a deposit.  The total amount of all the withdrawals is going to be the same as the total amount of all the deposits. The banker arrives without any money. 
 +Show that the banker can perform all the transactions
 +by choosing the first person and then going around the circle.
 +</box>
 +
 +This is a classical result dressed in a "real life" story. For a solution see the following link  {{:pow:2022fproblem7.pdf|Solution}}.