Puzzles
I've been sending out weekly puzzles to a number of people. If you are interested, by the way, drop me an email and I'll add you to the list.
The puzzle that least people have solved so far is this one:
A 1000 Conquistadors have stolen the treasure of El Dorado, and want to divide it between themselves.
The conquest has left them all greedy, heartless, and extremely pragmatic.
The 1000 Conquistadors were formed over a number of years, and are ranked in the order they joined; the earliest first all the way down to the newest, 1000.
They have decided to split the treasure via a vote. Everyday, they will kill the lowest ranker, or split the treasure up between the survivors.
If 50% or more vote to split, the treasure gets split, or else they kill the lowest ranker and repeat the process until half or more of the survivors decide to split the treasure.
At what point will the treasure be split?
It's quite fun once you work out the answer :-)
The puzzle that least people have solved so far is this one:
A 1000 Conquistadors have stolen the treasure of El Dorado, and want to divide it between themselves.
The conquest has left them all greedy, heartless, and extremely pragmatic.
The 1000 Conquistadors were formed over a number of years, and are ranked in the order they joined; the earliest first all the way down to the newest, 1000.
They have decided to split the treasure via a vote. Everyday, they will kill the lowest ranker, or split the treasure up between the survivors.
If 50% or more vote to split, the treasure gets split, or else they kill the lowest ranker and repeat the process until half or more of the survivors decide to split the treasure.
At what point will the treasure be split?
It's quite fun once you work out the answer :-)
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