answer is 6 races
On Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 11:53 PM, Dave <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. > > -- SOURABH JAKHAR,(CSE)(3 year) ROOM NO 167 , TILAK,HOSTEL 'MNNIT ALLAHABAD The Law of Win says, "Let's not do it your way or my way; let's do it the best way." -- 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.
