Marbles Two By Two

Time to show your marble collection! Is it unique?

Mathville Elementary School has 242 students. All of the students own marbles. Vincent owns 125 marbles, and no one at the school has more marbles than he does.

Can we be certain that at least two students at the school have the same number of marbles?

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