OPM 2014 Problem 1
- Final day 1
The ship Meridiano do Bacalhau does its fishing business during days. Each day the capitain chooses a direction which may be either north or south and the ship sails that direction in that day. On the first day of business the ship sails mile, on the second day sails miles; generally, on the -th day it sails miles. After of the -th day, the ship was miles north from its initial position. What is the greatest number of days that the ship could have sailed south?
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Official text: Portuguese Mathematical Olympiad 2014 official paper, page 1.
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