This is for you Mooch!
Pirate Problem: (be sure to read it in a piratey accent)
A pirate captain and 12 men, divided up a large booty of coins evenly, but with one coin left over. With a macabre laugh, the pirate captain flips the coin in the air and declares "fight for it!" In the ensuing melee, a pirate dies. The coins are heaped together and again divided equally, but with one coin left over. With another macabre laugh, the pirate captain flips the coin in the air and declares "fight for it!" In the ensuing melee, another pirate dies. This continues till the pirate captain and one man are left, and again there is one coin left over, so the captain kills the final man and takes the whole pile. At least how many coins did the captain take?
My head hurts just from the strain of reading it, let alone trying to calculate it...
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