In King Arthur’s jousting tournament, each of the several competing knights receives 17 points for every bout he enters. The winner of each bout receives an extra 3 points. At the end of the tournament, the Black Knight has exactly one more point than the Red Knight.
What is the smallest number of bouts that the Black Knight could have entered?
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