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The parliament of a certain country has two houses with an equal number of members. In order to make a decision on an important issue all the members voted and there were no abstentions. When the chairman announced that the decision had been taken with a 23-vote advantage, the opposition leader declared that the results had been rigged. How did he know it?

Is it possible to find natural numbers x, y and z which satisfy the equation 28x+30y+31z=365?

Given a board (divided into squares) of the size: a) 10×12, b) 9×10, c) 9×11, consider the game with two players where: in one turn a player is allowed to cross out any row or any column if there is at least one square not crossed out. The loser is the one who cannot make a move. Is there a winning strategy for one of the players?