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 The game of //Scoring// is a two-player game. Start by creating a pile of $n\geq 1$ objects (feel free to choose $n$ however you want). On each player's turn, they must choose 1, 2, or 3 items from the pile.  Players alternate taking turns until someone takes the last object. Whoever takes the last object wins. The game of //Scoring// is a two-player game. Start by creating a pile of $n\geq 1$ objects (feel free to choose $n$ however you want). On each player's turn, they must choose 1, 2, or 3 items from the pile.  Players alternate taking turns until someone takes the last object. Whoever takes the last object wins.
   - Play this game several times with various values of $n$.    - Play this game several times with various values of $n$. 
-  - For which values of $n$ does the first player have a winning strategy (meaning they are guaranteed to win if they play correctly). Remember to always fully justify your answers.  +  - State all values of $n$ for which the first player has a winning strategy (meaning they are guaranteed to win if they play correctly). Remember to always fully justify your answers.  
-  - For which values of $n$ does the second player have a winning strategy? Why? +  - State all values of $n$ for which the second player has a winning strategy? Why? 
-  - For which values of $n$ does the first player have a winning strategy if we change the rules so that now each player must choose 1, 2, 3, or 4 items from the pile. +  - State all values of $n$ for which the first player has a winning strategy if we change the rules so that now each player must choose 1, 2, 3, or 4 items from the pile. 
   - We'll now change the rules and require a player to take anywhere from 1 to $k$ objects each turn. Conjecture the values of $n$ for which the first player has a winning strategy.   - We'll now change the rules and require a player to take anywhere from 1 to $k$ objects each turn. Conjecture the values of $n$ for which the first player has a winning strategy.
  
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-  * Make remarks with a list.+  * None.
  
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 \begin{problem} \begin{problem}
-Type the problem code here.+The game of \textit{Scoring} is a two-player game. Start by creating a pile of $n\geq 1$ objects (feel free to choose $n$ however you want). On each player's turn, they must choose 1, 2, or 3 items from the pile.  Players alternate taking turns until someone takes the last object. Whoever takes the last object wins. 
 +\begin{enumerate} 
 +\item Play this game several times with various values of $n$.  
 +\item  State all values of $n$ for which the first player has a winning strategy (meaning they are guaranteed to win if they play correctly). Remember to always fully justify your answers.  
 +\item  State all values of $n$ for which the second player has a winning strategy? Why? 
 +\item  State all values of $n$ for which the first player has a winning strategy if we change the rules so that now each player must choose 1, 2, 3, or 4 items from the pile.  
 +\item  We'll now change the rules and require a player to take anywhere from 1 to $k$ objects each turn. Conjecture the values of $n$ for which the first player has a winning strategy. 
 +\end{enumerate}
 \end{problem} \end{problem}
 </file> </file>
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