Consider any five points in the plane that have integer coordinates: -Prove that there are two points such that the midpoint of the line segment joining those two points also has integer coordinates
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Pigeonhole Principle and Geometry
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HINT: Think parity. The midpoint of $\langle a,b\rangle$ and $\langle r,s\rangle$ is $\left\langle\frac{a+r}2,\frac{b+s}2\right\rangle$. What does it take for both $a+r$ and $b+s$ to be even?