Stack of Papers

Several identical rectangular sheets of paper lie on a table. It is known that the top sheet covers more than half the area of every other sheet. Is it necessarily possible to stick a pin into the table that will go through all these sheets?

Difficulty level (1 very easy - 10 very hard): 4

Topics:
Combinatorics -> Pigeonhole Principle Combinatorics -> Combinatorial Geometry Geometry -> Area Calculation Geometry -> Plane Geometry -> Symmetry
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