7 races. For the first five races, divide the horses into groups of five and record the win, place, and show finishers of each race.
For the sixth race, run the winners of the first five races. Now, only six horses remain in contention for the fastest three: The winner of the sixth race and the place and show horses of his first race, The place horse in the sixth race and the place horse in his first race. The show horse in the sixth race. Three of these horses are known to be faster than all other horses. The winner of the sixth race is known to be the fastest horse. Run the other five contenders in race 7 and choose the fastest two. Dave On Mar 28, 2:54 am, Lavesh Rawat <[email protected]> wrote: > *Horse Race Problem Solution* > * > *Ok, so there are 25 horses and the race track only allows 5 horses to race > at a given time. Given that there is no stop watch available your task is to > determine the fastest 3 horses. Assume that each horses speed is constant in > different races, what is the minimum number of races to determine the > fastest 3? > > Update Your Answers at : Click > Here<http://dailybrainteaser.blogspot.com/2011/03/28march.html?lavesh=lavesh> > > Solution: > Will be updated after 1 day > > -- > > "Never explain yourself. Your friends don’t need it and > your enemies won’t believe it" . -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Algorithm Geeks" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/algogeeks?hl=en.
