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Game involving taking candy from piles

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4/19/2013
There are two piles with 7272 and 3030 candies. Two students alternate taking candies from one of the piles. Each time the number of candies taken from a pile must be a multiple of the number of candies in the other pile. Which student can always assure taking the last candy from one of the piles?
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