Question: Let $(X, d)$ be a metric space such that there is a positive $a$ and $n$ open balls $B(x_1, a),\ldots, B(x_n, a)$ such that together these balls cover $X$.
Find an upper bound $M$ for the diameter of $X$. Find "the smallest" upper bound $M$ for the diameter of $X$ in the following sense: the formula for $M$ is valid in all cases, and there is a metric space $X$ such that $\operatorname{diam} (X) = M$.
Thoughts: I find the question a little hard to parse. I think it's asking what is the biggest diameter that this can have, so my answer then would be $\sup M = an$.
Thinking about the real number line, if there are $n$ # of balls, the two furthest points from each other would be $a\cdot n$ length from each other. Still trying to figure out what the rest of the questions asks...