the coins will be shared the way the oldest pirate proposes. On Thu, Apr 21, 2011 at 3:51 PM, Lavesh Rawat <[email protected]> wrote: > Pirate Puzzle > > 5 pirates of different ages have a treasure of 100 gold coins. > On their ship, they decide to split the coins using this scheme: > The oldest pirate proposes how to share the coins, and all pirates remaining > will vote for or against it. > If 50% or more of the pirates vote for it, then the coins will be shared > that way. Otherwise, the pirate proposing the scheme will be thrown > overboard, and the process is repeated with the pirates that remain. > > Assuming that all 5 pirates are intelligent, rational, greedy, and do not > wish to die, (and are rather good at math for pirates) what will happen? > > Update Your Answers at : Click Here > 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. >
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