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You and a friend play a game where you start with a pile of 1000 stones

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You and a friend play a game where you start with a pile of 1000 stones, and each turn you can either add 2 stones to the pile or remove 10 stones.

The player to remove the last stone wins.

Should you start first or second to win this game?

posted Jun 24, 2017 by anonymous

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If we start 2nd and copy every move that the 1st guy does then the game will either never end or will make you a winner.

answer Jun 24, 2017 by Tejas Naik



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