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3.3
3.3
Part of
2024 Belarus Team Selection Test
Problems
(1)
A game coloring [0,1] segment
Source: Belarus TST 2024
7/17/2024
Olya and Tolya are playing a game on
[
0
,
1
]
[0,1]
[
0
,
1
]
segment. In the beginning it is white. In the first round Tolya chooses a number
0
≤
l
≤
1
0 \leq l \leq 1
0
≤
l
≤
1
, and then Olya chooses a subsegment of
[
0
,
1
]
[0,1]
[
0
,
1
]
of length
l
l
l
and recolors every its point to the opposite color(white to black, black to white). In the next round players change roles, etc. The game lasts
2024
2024
2024
rounds. Let
L
L
L
be the sum of length of white segments after the end of the game. If
L
>
1
2
L > \frac{1}{2}
L
>
2
1
Olya wins, otherwise Tolya wins. Which player has a strategy to guarantee his win? A. Naradzetski
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