Andres yes, I also think so. We will end up using 5 mice.
On Tue, Jun 28, 2011 at 3:54 PM, Anders Ma <[email protected]> wrote: > I think the answer is 5. > To know which one is poisonous, you have to use one mouse. > > How to use 3 mice achieve this goal? > If all the 3 mice drink the poisonous beer, they will die first, how > does the test go on? > > although you can let one mouse drink several beer in different time > table, but if the first drinking beer is poisonous, the mouse will > die, and all the other beer the mouse just drunk can not prove if > poisonous. > > If I am wrong, please tell me , thanks! > > On Tue, Jun 28, 2011 at 6:10 PM, Manish Pathak <[email protected]> > wrote: > > answer is 3 > > > > > > -- > > > > Thanks and Regards, > > > > Manish Pathak > > > > TimesJobs.com > > > > -- > > 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 > Anders > > -- > 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. > > -- 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.
