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MEMO 2013 Problem 8

    The expression ±□±□±□±□±□±□\pm \Box \pm \Box \pm \Box \pm \Box \pm \Box \pm \Box is written on the blackboard. Two players, AA and BB , play a game, taking turns. Player AA takes the first turn. In each turn, the player on turn replaces a symbol □\Box by a positive integer. After all the symbols □\Box are replace, player AA replaces each of the signs ±\pm by either + or -, independently of each other. Player AA wins if the value of the expression on the blackboard is not divisible by any of the numbers 11,12,⋯ ,1811, 12, \cdots, 18 . Otherwise, player BB wins. Determine which player has a winning strategy.

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