ahfunaki Posted October 7, 2003 Share Posted October 7, 2003 Enjoy the last one...hah! Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/106132-logic-problem/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liquid Posted October 7, 2003 Share Posted October 7, 2003 :huh: Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/106132-logic-problem/#findComment-1230426 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ahfunaki Posted October 7, 2003 Author Share Posted October 7, 2003 haha, exactly... Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/106132-logic-problem/#findComment-1230465 Share on other sites More sharing options...
deletethis Posted October 7, 2003 Share Posted October 7, 2003 Using the forums to find people to do your homework? Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/106132-logic-problem/#findComment-1230497 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Behold! My Pants Posted October 7, 2003 Share Posted October 7, 2003 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. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/106132-logic-problem/#findComment-1231045 Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Veteran Posted October 7, 2003 Veteran Share Posted October 7, 2003 30 mins? :huh: Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/106132-logic-problem/#findComment-1231064 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Behold! My Pants Posted October 7, 2003 Share Posted October 7, 2003 no Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/106132-logic-problem/#findComment-1231065 Share on other sites More sharing options...
PCKing Posted October 7, 2003 Share Posted October 7, 2003 29mins... they can all see eachother, figure out that there is only 1 red hat and then they walk out... Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/106132-logic-problem/#findComment-1231077 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Behold! My Pants Posted October 7, 2003 Share Posted October 7, 2003 (edited) 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 Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/106132-logic-problem/#findComment-1231086 Share on other sites More sharing options...
PCKing Posted October 7, 2003 Share Posted October 7, 2003 so a student does not have to walk out every minute... just the oppurtunity to? Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/106132-logic-problem/#findComment-1231094 Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Veteran Posted October 7, 2003 Veteran Share Posted October 7, 2003 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 Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/106132-logic-problem/#findComment-1231099 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Behold! My Pants Posted October 7, 2003 Share Posted October 7, 2003 (edited) 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 Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/106132-logic-problem/#findComment-1231103 Share on other sites More sharing options...
PCKing Posted October 7, 2003 Share Posted October 7, 2003 what is it you are asking about that one... Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/106132-logic-problem/#findComment-1231123 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ahfunaki Posted October 7, 2003 Author Share Posted October 7, 2003 Quote i expect money in the mail I'll get that right out to ya! :happy: ...err how about a nice thanks? Thanks! Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/106132-logic-problem/#findComment-1231628 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Behold! My Pants Posted October 7, 2003 Share Posted October 7, 2003 what is the solution that Bourbaki comes up with? Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/106132-logic-problem/#findComment-1231856 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Behold! My Pants Posted October 8, 2003 Share Posted October 8, 2003 yeah, i don't really know the answer either Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/106132-logic-problem/#findComment-1234571 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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