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Suppose Tom minimises the largest difference between two numbers. For this to be true, Tom must pick consecutive numbers. If Tom picks 10 consecutive numbers the maximum difference must be 9. Given that tom picks one more number, there must be two numbers who differ by 10 for all selections.

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