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+#!/usr/bin/env perl
+#
+# At a party a pie is to be shared by 100 guest. The first guest gets 1% of the
+# pie, the second guest gets 2% of the remaining pie, the third gets 3% of the
+# remaining pie, the fourth gets 4% and so on. Write a script that figures out
+# which guest gets the largest piece of pie.
+################################################################################
+
+use strict;
+use warnings;
+
+my $guest = 0;
+my $sum = 0;
+
+$sum += ++$guest while $sum <= 100;
+
+print "Largest piece: ", $guest-1, "\n";