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Consider a game where you have two distict piles of objects.
Two players alternates moves, each player taking any number
The player who takes the last objects (so nothing is left in either pile) is the winner.
If there are
Given the game
a. Show that the first player can win the game
b. Who will win the game
c. Which player will win the games
Why?
d. Which games can the first player always win? Why?
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