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AIME 2009b Problem 4

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A group of children held a grape-eating contest. When the contest was over, the winner had eaten nn grapes, and the child in kk-th place had eaten n+2−2kn+2-2k grapes. The total number of grapes eaten in the contest was 20092009. Find the smallest possible value of nn.

Dataset text AIME 1983 to 2026. Quoted with source.

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