Puzzle 4

[kunal naidu]

Hi all,

Here is another puzzle for you guys to try out. Pretty interesting according to me and very likely to be asked during interviews.

There are 5 people and 100 gold coins. They need to share it among themselves. They decide the following scheme to share the coins:

The oldest among them will propose a division scheme. Then all of them, including the oldest who proposed the scheme will vote. If 50% or more agree to it then, that scheme is followed, else the oldest is killed, and the entire procedure is repeated again. Considering all the 5 are smart, greedy and do not want to die, what is the scheme that the oldest in the group should propose

Enjoy...Will post the solution soon

Regards

Kunal Naidu

[kunal naidu]

Hi all,

I just gave the Optiver Technical Test today. It is a trading firm based in Amsterdam. It was the 3rd and final test consisting of mainly puzzles. The reason I am writing this is that one of the Questions on the test for 15 marks was the Puzzle 4 that I sent to you today in the afternoon. Totally unexpected, but got me 15 marks without much effort on the paper.

SO do attempt the puzzles that I post honestly and with dedication. You never know when one of them appears on a crucial test.

P.S. The rest of the paper was pretty tough and I dont think I am gonna make it thru neways :)....but nevertheless...15 marks in the kitty

[Smeet Bhatt]

I agree, 3 out of 5 puzzles asked on the test were pretty famous puzzles and one could easily find solutions of them on the net !!

Please attempt such puzzles sincerely by next year this time, you would be done with pretty much stuff. 

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Regards,
Smeet Bhatt
Senior Undergraduate
Civil Engineering Department
IIT Bombay