Logic problem

[ahfunaki]

Enjoy the last one...hah!

[Liquid]

:huh:

[ahfunaki]

haha, exactly...

[deletethis]

Using the forums to find people to do your homework?

[Behold! My Pants]

btw, that's a sh*tty logic problem. if you want a quality one....i'll give it to you.

there are 30 students, well versed in logic, in a room. everyone is wearing hats. everyone knows that there is at least one green hat and at least one red hat. the door to the room opens every minute. if you have a green hat on and walk out, you get $1,000,000. if you have a red hat and walk out, a fate worse than death is there to meet you. In reality. 29 of the students have on green hats and only 1 student has a red hat. btw, none of the students can see what color hat they have on, and they can't talk/display emotion.

how long will it take for all the green hats to leave the room?

i win.

answer posted in a bit.

[John Veteran]

30 mins? :huh:

[Behold! My Pants]

no

[PCKing]

29mins... they can all see eachother, figure out that there is only 1 red hat and then they walk out...

[Behold! My Pants]

1/2 right. yes. it will take 29 mins. but how do they know that they don't have the red hat on? it will take 29 mins. becuase that's how long it will take these students to go through all the possible cominations of red/green hats (remeber, they're well-versed in logic), and on the 29th min. they'll walk out b/c they would have exhauseted their options.

edit: upon further examination of your post, you're 2/2 right, you jsut didn't go into as much.

right. the door will be open, but no one will walk out for until the 29th time becuase they don't want to be the other person with the red hat.

Edited October 7, 2003 by BenQuilter

[PCKing]

so a student does not have to walk out every minute... just the oppurtunity to?

[John Veteran]

first kathleen sakuro counting

second sharon irizarry forest

third clarisse macneill guilt-free

fourth david kovac help

fifth byron fein trekking

i expect money in the mail :p

[Behold! My Pants]

This one is significantly more difficult.

hint= think about self-policing systems where you are penalized for giving too much or too little, and only by giving the exact amount can you not be penalized.

In the far away mythical land of Avalon the authorities have had trouble

with cheating grocers. Unable and unwilling to buy modern measuring

equipment the grocers are still using their worn out scales with copper

weights. In an effort to control the rampant dishonesty amongst grocers

the authorities have managed to standardize the weights. In spite of the

success they then found themselves outwitted by those grocers who use

unequal arms on their scales and there just isn?t sufficient policing to go

after them. In Avalon a foreigner whose name is Bourbaki and whose

native tongue is French has found a solution. After he published his

solution he instantly became a folk hero. A monument was erected for

him and since then little kids are taught to just say the first part of his

name, a practice that teaches them to scare dishonest grocers away.

and that's it. promise. no more.

Edited October 7, 2003 by BenQuilter

[PCKing]

what is it you are asking about that one...

[ahfunaki]

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i expect money in the mail 

I'll get that right out to ya! :happy: ...err how about a nice thanks? Thanks!

[Behold! My Pants]

what is the solution that Bourbaki comes up with?

[Behold! My Pants]

yeah, i don't really know the answer either