1998 AIME Problems/Problem 8

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Problem

Except for the first two terms, each term of the sequence $1000, x, 1000 - x,\ldots$ is obtained by subtracting the preceding term from the one before that. The last term of the sequence is the first negative term encounted. What positive integer $x$ produces a sequence of maximum length?



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Preceded by
Problem 7
Followed by
Problem 9
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