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IMC 2024 Grade 8 — Selection round Question 15

IMC · IMC 2024 Grade 8 — Selection round

Question 15

Luffy and five crewmen sit in a circle to divide $99$ gold coins. Luffy chooses his share and each crewman’s share. Each crewman votes yes exactly when his share is greater than both neighbors’ shares. A majority of the five crewmen must vote yes for Luffy to survive. What is the greatest share Luffy can take? Shares are nonnegative integers; a person may receive zero coins.