In a park, there are n
friends standing in a random order, and they plan to throw a ball around. Each friend has a unique number in the range of 1 to n
, inclusive. The i
^th friend will always throw the ball towards the friend given at receiver[i]
, and this will happen each second. Friend 1 always starts with the ball, and a player always throws to another player. Determine which friend has the ball after k
seconds pass.
Note: Friends are numbered starting with 1.
Function Description
Complete the function throwTheBall
in the editor.
throwTheBall
has the following parameters:
int receiver[n]
: thei
^th friend will throw the ball to the friend indicated inreceiver[i]
int seconds
: the time in seconds that the game lasts
Returns
int
: the friend holding the ball at time = seconds
Example 1:
Input: receiver = [2, 4, 1, 5, 3], seconds = 6
Output: 2
Explanation:After 6 seconds, the ball will be with friend 2.
2 ≤ n ≤ 10^5
1 ≤ receiver[i] ≤ n (receiver[i] ≠i)
1 ≤ seconds ≤ 10^12

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