Problem 44881. CowBoy
A group of cowboys standing in circle form. They have one gun. The first cowboy shoot the cowboy beside him (second one) and give the gun to the following cowboy (third one). This cowboy will do the same. This will happen until just one cowboy is the remaining one. Write a function that you will decide the number of cowboys and the solution is the order (index) of the cowboy.
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