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Locks To Open A Safe

The three directors of a bank are deeply suspicious of one another, and agree a system of locks and keys for the bank’s safe such that:

  • No single director can open the safe alone
  • Any two directors can open the safe my pooling their keys

What’s the smallest number of locks and keys they need to open the safe, and how do they distribute them?

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