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        riddles >> general problem-solving / chatting / whatever >> I know the answer to the 100 light bulbs
        
(Message started by: nick on Jan 7^th, 2003, 9:46pm)

Title: I know the answer to the 100 light bulbs
Post by nick on Jan 7^th, 2003, 9:46pm

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.

Title: Re: I know the answer to the 100 light bulbs
Post by Johno-G on Jan 9^th, 2003, 4:23pm

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.