Mickey writes down on a board n consecutive whole numbers the smallest of which is 2023.He then replaces the largest two numbers on the board with their difference, reducing the number of numbers on the board by one. He does this repeatedly until there is only a single numberon the board.
For which values of n is this last remaining number 0?
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Hamilton Mathematical Olympiad (2023)
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