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a b c d e f g h i j k l m
1st draw
Kept: a c e g i k m
New pile: b d f h j l
Note that m was kept, so the next step is to move from top to bottom.
Let's do that first.
New pile: d f h j l b
Now repeat.
Kept: d h l
New pile: f j b
So now the whole kept pile goes: a c e g i k m d h l
In the last step, b was moved, so the next step is to keep.
Kept: f b
New pile: j
j is final card, moved from top to bottom, which changes nothing, and then drawn as last card.
Final order: a c e g i k m d h l f b j
This is the order the cards will be drawn from an alphabetically ordered set. Just replace this with the desired final order and then rearange back into the alphabetical order.
a c e g i k m d h l f b j
A 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 T J Q K
Solution:
A Q 2 8 3 J 4 9 5 K 6 T 7
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