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From: matt@oddjob.UUCP (Matt Crawford)
Newsgroups: net.puzzle
Subject: Re: pennies puzzle (SPOILER SPOILER)
Message-ID: <1184@oddjob.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 19-Feb-86 14:39:44 EST
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Posted: Wed Feb 19 14:39:44 1986
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Reply-To: matt@oddjob.UUCP (Matt Crawford)
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dim@whuxlm.UUCP (McCooey David I) Sez:
>The second player can always win if he uses the following strategy:
>
>	Considering the center of the table as the "origin", always
>	place his penny at a spot reflected through the origin from
>	where his opponent just placed his last penny.

Hey, David, wanna play the penny game for a $1000 stake?
(Sorry, it's my mercenary streak again.)  You can go
second, and I'll place my first penny exactly at the
center of the table.  Now what do you do?
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