Hey ankur sorry for the delay in response.
For n demons and 1 sleeping man (initially) the answer goes like
this :-

if n is odd (which is actually the case in given question coz n=65)
then the man WOULD BE eaten.
if n is even then man WONT BE eaten.

For a more elaborate explanation kindly refer to
http://quantfinanceinterviews.com/resources/sample1.pdf

_dufus


On Sep 14, 2:16 pm, ankur aggarwal <[email protected]> wrote:
> @dufus
> plz clearify
> i know u have something in mind..
>
> thanxs
>
> On Sun, Sep 13, 2009 at 11:26 PM, Dufus <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > Old wine in new bottle.
> > Try induction.
>
> > _dufus
>
> > On Sep 13, 10:23 pm, Dave <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > Except that the craftiest demon only pretends to take a bite. When the
> > > others fall asleep, he chows down.
>
> > > Dave
>
> > > On Sep 13, 7:24 am, jaspreet singh <[email protected]>
> > > wrote:
>
> > > > the demons share the sleeping man amongst themselves.........and hence
> > all
> > > > fall asleep and cant eat each other either...
>
> > > > On Sun, Sep 13, 2009 at 5:42 PM, ankur aggarwal <
> > [email protected]>wrote:
>
> > > > > nothing happens...
>
> > > > > On Sun, Sep 13, 2009 at 5:32 PM, Vikram Sridar <
> > [email protected]>wrote:
>
> > > > >> The man lives forever... sleeps forever actually- Hide quoted text -
>
> > > > - Show quoted text -

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