Bryon Daly wrote: > >This isn't really a puzzler like the last one, but I find the answer interesting... > >The warder comes to a prisoner's cell with 3 boxes and says: "I've placed a >key in one of these 3 boxes. If you can pick the box it is in, you may go free". > No, this is not the correct way to state this problem in a way that it can be solved using math and math only. It should read:
"I've placed a key in one of these 3 boxes. You may chose one box. Then I will open one of the other two boxes, show that it is empty, and offer you a chance to change the box you chose. If you pick the box where the key is, you are free" Alberto Monteiro _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
