Problema Solution

Nineteen soldiers, numbered 1 through 19, stood in a circle in clockwise

numerical order, all facing the center. They began to count out loud in

clockwise order: the first soldier called out the number 1, the second

called out 2; and each soldier then called out the number 1 more than the

number called to his right. What was the number of the soldier who

called out the number 1985?

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1985 = 19*104 + 9

Te number of the soldier who called out the number 1985 was 9,