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Boxes and cards
Source: 2015 BAMO-8 #1
2/22/2016
There are
7
7
7
boxes arranged in a row and numbered
1
1
1
through
7
7
7
. You have a stack of
2015
2015
2015
cards, which you place one by one in the boxes. The first card is placed in box #
1
1
1
, the second in box #
2
2
2
, and so forth up to the seventh card which is placed in box #
7
7
7
. You then start working back in the other direction, placing the eighth card in box #
6
6
6
, the ninth in box #
5
5
5
, up to the thirteenth card being placed in box #
1
1
1
. The fourteenth card is then placed in box #
2
2
2
, and this continues until every card is distributed. What box will the last card be placed in?
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