Saturday 1 September, 2007

100- gold coins


2. 100 Gold Coins

Five pirates have obtained 100 gold coins and have to divide up the loot. The pirates are all extremely intelligent, treacherous and selfish (especially the captain).

The captain always proposes a distribution of the loot. All pirates vote on the proposal, and if half the crew or more go "Aye", the loot is divided as proposed, as no pirate would be willing to take on the captain without superior force on their side.

If the captain fails to obtain support of at least half his crew (which includes himself), he faces a mutiny, and all pirates will turn against him and make him walk the plank. The pirates start over again with the next senior pirate as captain.

What is the maximum number of coins the captain can keep without risking his life?


Just hope you haven't seen this before.
difficulty ( hmm i 'll let you decide)

12 comments:

"Sajal" said...

I have seen this before..so i give others a chance!

"Sajal" said...

answer for tough one has been posted. Have a look

Shashwat said...

Can any pirate get 0 coins?
means is it necessary that all pirates recieve one or more coins?
alsp plz give some hint abt its lvl!!

Shashwat said...

Is the answer 57 coins?
Captain - 57
Sub-captain - 0
Sub-sub captain - 0
Sub-sub-sub captain - 22
last one - 21

Shashwat said...

check out my comment in the tough one pzl.

Bring_it_on said...

i am afraid shashwat but ur answer is wrong

"Sajal" said...

shashwat is not even close!
the level may be considered as tough!

Ananth said...

my answer - 32 coins. correct or incorrect?

Bring_it_on said...

i am afraid but ananth u are incorrect too.

Bring_it_on said...

sajal see my comment on tough one.

"Sajal" said...
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"Sajal" said...

shikhar please give the answer and the reasoning.