MATTHEW HAS A DECK OF 300 CARDS NUMBERED 1 TO 300. HE TAKES CARDSOU...

6. Matthew has a deck of 300 cards numbered 1 to 300. He takes cards

out of the deck one at a time, and places the selected cards in a row,

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with each new card added at the right end of the row. Matthew must

arrange that, at all times, the mean of the numbers on the cards in

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the row is an integer. If, at some point, there is no card remaining in

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the deck which allows Matthew to continue, then he stops.

Do not turn over until told to do so.

When Matthew has stopped, what is the smallest possible number of

cards that he could have placed in the row? Give an example of such

a row.