ILL 1986 Problem 72
A one-person game with two possible outcomes is played as follows: After each play, the player receives either or points, where and are integers with . The game is played as many times as one wishes and the total score of the game is defined as the sum of points received after successive plays. It is observed that every integer can be obtained as the total score whereas and cannot. Determine and
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