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Xenia and Sergey play the following game. Xenia thinks of a positive integer NN not exceeding 5000. Then she fixes 20 distinct positive integers a1,a2,,a20a_{1}, a_{2}, \ldots, a_{20} such that, for each k=1,2,,20k=1,2, \ldots, 20, the numbers NN and aka_{k} are congruent modulo kk. By a move, Sergey tells Xenia a set SS of positive integers not exceeding 20 , and she tells him back the set {ak:kS}\left\{a_{k}: k \in S\right\} without spelling out which number corresponds to which index. How many moves does Sergey need to determine for sure the number Xenia thought of?
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Xenia and Sergey play the following game. Xenia thinks of a positive integer N not exceeding 5000. Then she fixes 20 distinct positive integers a₁,a₂,…,a₂₀ such that, for each k=1,2,…,20, the numbers N and a_(k) are congruent modulo k. By a move, Sergey tells Xenia a set S of positive integers not exceeding 20 , and she tells him back the set {a_(k):k∈S} without spelling out which number corresponds to which index. How many moves does Sergey need to determine for sure the number Xenia thought of?
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Xenia and Sergey play the following game. Xenia thinks of a positive integer $N$ not exceeding 5000. Then she fixes 20 distinct positive integers $a_{1}, a_{2}, \ldots, a_{20}$ such that, for each $k=1,2, \ldots, 20$, the numbers $N$ and $a_{k}$ are congruent modulo $k$. By a move, Sergey tells Xenia a set $S$ of positive integers not exceeding 20 , and she tells him back the set $\left\{a_{k}: k \in S\right\}$ without spelling out which number corresponds to which index. How many moves does Sergey need to determine for sure the number Xenia thought of?

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