You play the following game with a friend. You share a pile of chips, and you take turnsremoving between one and four chips from the pile. (In particular, at least one chip must beremoved on each turn.) The game ends when the last chip is removed from the pile; the onewho removes it is the loser. It is your turn, and there are 2014 chips in the pile. How many chips should you remove toguarantee that you win, assuming you then make the best moves until the game is over

Each time, a person takes 1, 2, 3, or 4 chips. The strategy for a player to win the game is taking the number of chips so that the number of chips left is the form of 5k + 1 .

If It is my turn, and there are 2014 chips in the pile, I shoud take 3 chips and the left is 2011 (=5.k +1). And if the opponent takes x chips (x = 1, 2, 3, 4) , i win take 5 - x chips to guarantee the left is always in the form 5k + 1. And finally, the opponent will take the last chip.

Step-by-step explanation:

Each time, a person takes 1, 2, 3, or 4 chips. The strategy for a player to win the game is taking the number of chips so that the number of chips left is the form of 5k + 1 .

If It is my turn, and there are 2014 chips in the pile, I shoud take 3 chips and the left is 2011 (=5.k +1). And if the opponent takes x chips (x = 1, 2, 3, 4) , i win take 5 - x chips to guarantee the left is always in the form 5k + 1. And finally, the opponent will take the last chip.

the clues that signal the reader should change tone are the punctuation marks, the grammatical signs. for example, the quotation marks at the beginning of something someone else said literally or the exclamation marks.

the tone of the first line of dialogue until "gettysburg" is a kind tone, a tone of advise. the narrator is trying to the other person in doing something he or she obviously is finding hard to do by giving a piece of advise and bringing up a memory of a successful similar case.

the clue that the reader understand how to read the word "bang" is the exclamation mark. it gives the word a surprise tone, a strong accent.

the best tone for reading the word "bang" is an exciting tone, a surprise one, even a loud one.

the words that should be read with a formal tone are the ones that give factual information. the sentence: mister lincoln couldn't think of anything to say at the gettysburg" gives information about an event and it needs to be read formally, also, when the narrator wants to transmit calmness, a formal and slow tone is needed, because people also transmit messages with the vibrations of our voices and tones.