John is sitting around a round table with some other men. He has one more dollar than the person to his right and that person in turn has one more dollar than the person to his right and so on around the table. Then, John gives one dollar to the person to his right and he in turn gives 2 dollars to the person to his right and that person gives 3 dollars to the person to his right and so on. This process continues around the table as many times as is necessary until someone has no money left. At that time, John has 9 times the money as the person to his right. How many men are there along with John, how much money did he start with, and how much money does he have at the end?
Can you prove the uniqueness of the solution?
2006-08-03
14:28:57
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Scott R
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