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10 questions linked to/from Pirates and gold coins
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N pirates on ship [duplicate]
I have a question quite similar to the 5 pirates and 100 coins puzzle, but mine is slightly different. Hopefully you can help me understand, because this question is a doozie.
There are N pirates on ...
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Prisoners splitting Gold [duplicate]
During a mass prison escape, 1000 prisoners managed to break into a prison safe and steal 100 gold bars. Since all prisoners wear shirts with consecutive numbers from #1 to #1000, they decided to ...
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100 Gold coins, and a bunch of pirates [duplicate]
A group of Five pirates (It's a small crew, ok?) have obtained 100 gold coins and have to divide up the loot. The pirates are all extremely intelligent, and tend to be total butts to each other (...
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Who shall come to the tea party?
All of your stuffed animals are assembled, anxiously waiting to learn who will be be invited as the Guest of Honor to your next tea party.
This is to be an exclusive party, after all, as there is ...
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Pirate democracy at its finest
With our pirate crew becoming too big, the captain grew very concerned about splitting all the treasure - we continued to split it equally, but, of course, each crew member got less and less with the ...
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Pirate's Golden Throw
Five pirates are parting ways after finding a treasure of 100 pieces of gold. The pirates decide to split it based on a vote. Each pirate, from oldest to youngest, gets to propose a plan on how to ...
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Pirate Puzzle Double Twist
Five pirates, fresh from their first bout of pillaging, return to their island base to celebrate and divide up the treasure.
While this was their first time working together, the start of what they ...
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Dividing the gold
There is a king and 3 women in a castle. One day, the king give 3 women a total of 100 golds. He said that each woman can propose an idea to share the gold among themselves. If the proposal passed ...
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Pirates and Gold Coins (again)
A group of P pirates need to split G gold coins. Oldest pirate propose split and if he gets majority of votes (including his own), his proposal is implemented. Otherwise he is killed and next oldest ...
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Pirate's Game with a twist!
I recently encountered the Pirate's Game and I found the solution for the malevolent pirates where the strict majority is needed for the highest ranking pirate's survival. Rules:
We have $P$ pirates ...
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