Problem

1998 AIME Problem 8

Except for the first two terms, each term of the sequence 1000, x, 1000 - x,\ldots is obtained by subtracting the preceding term from the one before that. The last term of the sequence is the first negative term encountered. What positive integer x produces a sequence of maximum length?

Leading zeroes must be inputted, so if your answer is 34, then input 034


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