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Source: infinite sequence of 1's and 2's
1/29/2009
We are given an infinite sequence of
1
1
1
's and
2
2
2
's with the following properties: (1) The first element of the sequence is
1
1
1
. (2) There are no two consecutive
2
2
2
's or three consecutive
1
1
1
's. (3) If we replace consecutive
1
1
1
's by a single
2
2
2
, leave the single
1
1
1
's alone, and delete the original
2
2
2
's, then we recover the original sequence. How many
2
2
2
's are there among the first
n
n
n
elements of the sequence? P. P. Palfy
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