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The first player is thinking about a finite sequence of numbers \(a_1,a_2, ..., a_n\). The second player can try to find the sequence by naming his own sequence \(b_1, b_2, ...b_n\), after that the first player will tell the result \(a_1b_1 + a_2b_2 + ...a_nb_n\). In the next step the second player can say another sequence \(c_1, c_2, ...c_n\) to get another answer \(a_1c_1+ a_2c_2 + ... a_nc_n\). Find the smallest amount of steps the second player has to take to find out the sequence \(a_1,a_2,...a_n\).