Five pirates on an island have one hundred gold coins to split among themselves.They divide the loot as follows:
The senior pirate proposes a division, and everyone votes on it. Provided at least half the pirates vote for the proposal, they split the coins that way.
If not, they kill the senior pirate and start over.
The most senior (surviving) pirate proposes his own division plan, and they vote by the same rules and either divide the loot or kill the senior pirate, as the case may be. The process continues until one plan is accepted. Suppose you are the senior pirate.
Question: What division do you propose?
The pirates are all extremely logical and greedy, and all want to live.
Source: Srishti 2008 Puzzle-II
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1 comment:
I will keep 96, give 1 coin to 4th and 3 coins to junior most pirate. Nothing to 2nd and 3rd pirates.
This logic, if someone can actually understand.
D is SM C is SM B is SM A is SM
A 0 0 0 96
B 0 0 98 0
C 0 99 0 0
D 100 0 0 1
E 0 1 2 3
A = Seniormost Pirate and in that order after him
SM = Senior Most
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