Problem 44647. Win all the time!

Created by Majid Farzaneh

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David Verrelli on 22 May 2018

Nice problem! Per Solution 1536525 I think you can safely increase the number of iterations in the Test Suite to 1000 or 2000. You could also add a second case, identical to the first except choosing L randomly. —DIV

Rafael S.T. Vieira on 5 Oct 2020

Tip. This is called Game of Nim. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nim

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