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algebra senior

Problem

Bernardo and Silvia play the following game. An integer between and inclusive is selected and given to Bernardo. Whenever Bernardo receives a number, he doubles it and passes the result to Silvia. Whenever Silvia receives a number, she adds to it and passes the result to Bernardo. The winner is the last person who produces a number less than . Let be the smallest initial number that results in a win for Bernardo. What is the sum of the digits of ?
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
Solution
The last number that Bernardo says has to be between 950 and 999. Note that contains 4 doubling actions. Thus, we have . Thus, . Then, . Because we are looking for the smallest integer , . Our answer is , which is A.
Final answer
A