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Sarah Rebekah 13

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Hi bobbym

Hi bobbym I had put A Puzzle on here and nobody post on it here it is!,tpuzzle5 pirates of different ages have a treasure of 100 gold coins.

On their ship, they decide to split the coins using this scheme:

The oldest pirate proposes how to share the coins, and all pirates remaining will vote for or against it.

If 50% or more of the pirates vote for it, then the coins will be shared that way. Otherwise, the pirate proposing the scheme will be thrown overboard, and the process is repeated with the pirates that remain.

Assuming that all 5 pirates are intelligent, rational, greedy, and do not wish to die, (and are rather good at math for pirates) what will happen?

bobbym

bumpkin

From: Bumpkinland

Registered: 2009-04-12

Posts: 109,606

Re: Hi bobbym

Hi Sarah;

I cannot speak for everyone but the reason I didn't post anything is because I can't figure it out yet.

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Sarah rebekah 13

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Re: Hi bobbym

Ok just take your time