NL-NWO 2003 Problem 5
There are a number of cards on a table. A number is written on each card. The "pick and replace" operation involves the following: two random cards are taken from the table and replaced by one new card. If the numbers and appear on the two packed cards, the number is set on the new card. If we start with ten cards with the numbers and respectively, what value(s) can the number have that "grab and replace" nine times is on the only card still on the table? Prove your answer
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