The Fantasy Travel Agency is offering 25% off the
admission fee to an amusement park to people who can
win this contest against another player. The object is to pop
the last of 21 balloons that are tied together for the contest.
The rules are:
1. There are 21 balloons in a bunch.
2. Two players must take turns popping exactly 1 or 2
balloons on each of their turns.
3. The player who pops the last balloon is the winner of
the contest and gets the prize.
Can you figure out how to win the prize each time you
take part in the contest?
After one person completes this can someone else solve the extension?
1 How would you win if there were 15 balloons and each
of you could pop exactly 1, 2, or 3 balloons?
Can someone else solve this one?
2. How would your strategy change if the player who
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