This problem was a team challenge in Survivor Amazon, except they were
allowed to take 1,2,3, or 4 flags. The winning strategy is to leave a
multiple of 5 flags. But none of the contestants figured it out.
Don

On Jan 12, 8:03 am, siva <[email protected]> wrote:
> consider there are N balls in a basket. 2 players play the turns
> alternatively ..AT each turn,the player
>
> can take 1 or 2 balls from the basket. the first player starts the game..
> Both the players play optimally.
>
>    i)   Given N,tell whether the 1st player win or loss ?
>
>    ii) If player 1 wins, how many balls he should take at this first turn(1
> or 2) ?

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