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There are n friends that are playing a game. The friends are sitting in a circle and are numbered from 1 to n in clockwise order. More formally, moving clockwise from the ith friend brings you to the (i+1)th friend for 1 <= i < n, and moving clockwise from the nth friend brings you to the 1st friend.

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The rules of the game are as follows:

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  1. Start at the 1st friend.
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  3. Count the next k friends in the clockwise direction including the friend you started at. The counting wraps around the circle and may count some friends more than once.
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  5. The last friend you counted leaves the circle and loses the game.
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  7. If there is still more than one friend in the circle, go back to step 2 starting from the friend immediately clockwise of the friend who just lost and repeat.
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  9. Else, the last friend in the circle wins the game.
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Given the number of friends, n, and an integer k, return the winner of the game.

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Example 1:

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\nInput: n = 5, k = 2\nOutput: 3\nExplanation: Here are the steps of the game:\n1) Start at friend 1.\n2) Count 2 friends clockwise, which are friends 1 and 2.\n3) Friend 2 leaves the circle. Next start is friend 3.\n4) Count 2 friends clockwise, which are friends 3 and 4.\n5) Friend 4 leaves the circle. Next start is friend 5.\n6) Count 2 friends clockwise, which are friends 5 and 1.\n7) Friend 1 leaves the circle. Next start is friend 3.\n8) Count 2 friends clockwise, which are friends 3 and 5.\n9) Friend 5 leaves the circle. Only friend 3 is left, so they are the winner.
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Example 2:

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\nInput: n = 6, k = 5\nOutput: 1\nExplanation: The friends leave in this order: 5, 4, 6, 2, 3. The winner is friend 1.\n
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Constraints:

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Follow up:

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Could you solve this problem in linear time with constant space?

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