Using the pigeonhole principle Assuming no one has more than 1,000,000 hairs on the head of any person and that the population of Manila was 11,621,500 in 2009, there had to be at least _____ people in Manila in 2009 with the same number of hairs on their heads.

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Using the pigeonhole principle

 Assuming no one has more than 1,000,000 hairs on the head of any person and that the population of Manila was 11,621,500 in 2009, there had to be at least _____ people in Manila in 2009 with the same number of hairs on their heads.

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