Problem:
Aerith and Bob play rounds of pool. At some point Bob had won more rounds than Aerith, but now Aerith has won of their rounds. Show that at some point, Aerith had won exactly of their rounds.
Problem:
Aerith and Bob play rounds of pool. At some point Bob had won more rounds than Aerith, but now Aerith has won of their rounds. Show that at some point, Aerith had won exactly of their rounds.
Solution:
At any time, let and represent the respective number of rounds won by Aerith and Bob. Now, after games, . However, at some point in the past was greater than , so was negative. Consider the first subsequent moment when was non-negative. At that moment,
so as and were integers, and , as desired.