Answer:
be the second player, and always leave a multiple of 3 balloons
Step-by-step explanation:
In order to win, a player must force the other player to leave one or two balloons. To do that, the winning player must leave one more balloon than the maximum number that can be popped. That is, the winner will be the player who leaves 3 balloons,
Working backward, we find that the winner must leave a multiple of 3 after each turn. Since the starting number is a multiple of 3, the first player must lose if the second player plays optimally.
The winning strategy is ...
- be the second player
- always leave a multiple of 3 balloons.
Subtract 18 from 72 to get Michelle's current age.
72 - 18 = 54
Answer:
should be 6cm
Step-by-step explanation:
if you are looking at a cube
Since the surface is the top part of a sphere centred on the origin, the directions of steepest descent are any vector originating from the origin (0,0).
At (5,5), the direction would be dictated by the line joining (5,5) and the origin (0,0), i.e. along <5,5> or equivalently along <1,1>.
You can also go through vector calculus to arrive at the same result.