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Originally Posted by BaenSidhe
Before the servants come in, write zero on the paper. As each servant comes in, add that number to the total on the paper and update the paper with that total. When all the servants have entered, subtract the number on the paper from 5050 to find the missing servant.
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Originally Posted by Daithi
Nice job! I believe that would work.
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Indeed it does! It's a variant on the question involving Gauss that the sorely-missed Hamlet53 posed a while back.
Very nice, BaenSidhe! What have you got for us?