HMMT November 2019 H8
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Omkar, , and are sharing pints of soup for dinner. Omkar always takes 1 pint of soup (unless the amount left is less than one pint, in which case he simply takes all the remaining soup). Krit always takes of what is left, Krit always takes of what is left, and Krit always takes of what is left. They take soup in the order of Omkar, , , and then cycle through this order until no soup remains. Find all for which everyone gets the same amount of soup.

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