Puzzles for Puzzled Minds...: Given n coins for two players playing a game. Each player can pick at least 1 and at most 5 coins in one turn. The player who picks the last coin loses the game. If they play optimally, which player will win the game?

Monday, September 23, 2013

Given n coins for two players playing a game. Each player can pick at least 1 and at most 5 coins in one turn. The player who picks the last coin loses the game. If they play optimally, which player will win the game?

2 comments:

Ben said...: If (n-1)/6 is an integer, the first player loses.; October 4, 2013 at 2:03 AM
Anonymous said...: how ?; October 4, 2013 at 12:42 PM

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