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wu :: forums    riddles    general problem-solving / chatting / whatever (Moderators: william wu, towr, Eigenray, SMQ, ThudnBlunder, Icarus, Grimbal)    I know the answer to the 100 light bulbs « Previous topic | Next topic » Pages: 1  Reply Notify of replies Send Topic Print    Author  Topic: I know the answer to the 100 light bulbs  (Read 1130 times) nick Guest I know the answer to the 100 light bulbs   « on: Jan 7th, 2003, 9:46pm » Quote Modify Remove The 1st night the light bulb is off, so begining with the first night a prisioner who is ramdomly selected turns it on and this practice continues with each prisoner who has only been selected once. ( if it is his second time at the light bulb he does not turn it on) When the light has been on 100 times that prisoner says all 100 have been there. IP Logged Johno-G Newbie Could God create a wall that he could not jump?     Gender: Posts: 31 Re: I know the answer to the 100 light bulbs   « Reply #1 on: Jan 9th, 2003, 4:23pm » Quote Modify But to do that, each prisoner would have to be able to see the light bulb from their own cell, and it's stipulated in the problem that they can't. IP Logged Pages: 1  Reply Notify of replies Send Topic Print Forum Jump: ----------------------------- riddles -----------------------------  - easy   - medium   - hard   - what am i   - what happened   - microsoft   - cs   - putnam exam (pure math)   - suggestions, help, and FAQ => general problem-solving / chatting / whatever ----------------------------- general -----------------------------  - guestbook   - truth   - complex analysis   - wanted   - psychology   - chinese « Previous topic | Next topic »

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