Boxes and cards
Source: 2015 BAMO-8 #1
February 22, 2016
B8patternalgebraOlympiad
Problem Statement
There are boxes arranged in a row and numbered through . You have a stack of cards, which you place one by one in the boxes. The first card is placed in box #, the second in box #, and so forth up to the seventh card which is placed in box #. You then start working back in the other direction, placing the eighth card in box #, the ninth in box #, up to the thirteenth card being placed in box #. The fourteenth card is then placed in box #, and this continues until every card is distributed. What box will the last card be placed in?