i still dont know the answer to Aidz's riddle nor passports riddle.![]()
i still dont know the answer to Aidz's riddle nor passports riddle.![]()
Your Failure Is My Success
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Your Failure Is My Success
GL100 prisoners are in solitary cells, unable to see, speak or communicate in any
way from those solitary cells with each other. There's a central living room
with one light bulb; the bulb is initially off. No prisoner can see the light
bulb from his own cell. Everyday, the warden picks a prisoner at random,
and that prisoner goes to the central living room. While there, the prisoner can
toggle the bulb if he or she wishes. Also, the prisoner has the option of
asserting the claim that all 100 prisoners have been to the living room. If this
assertion is false (that is, some prisoners still haven't been to the living
room), all 100 prisoners will be shot for their stupidity. However, if it is
indeed true, all prisoners are set free. Thus, the assertion should only be made
if the prisoner is 100% certain of its validity.
Before the random
picking begins, the prisoners are allowed to get together to discuss a plan. So
---- what plan should they agree on, so that eventually, someone will make a
correct assertion?
Making the assumption that the inmates are fed on a regular schedule (three meals a day, and as such, knowing whether or not a day has passed) they need to all agree to count the number of days that have passed, and then on the hundredth day, whichever inmate is called to the room, to make said assertion.
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