7 races. well explained by Dave. On Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 11:00 AM, sourabh jakhar <[email protected]>wrote:
> 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. > -- Regards Kunal Yadav (http://algoritmus.in/) -- 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.
