2500 gold 5 pirates Set the initial 2 pirates gold equal as follows: x = total gold
100 + [(x-100)/6] = 200 + [(x - 200 - 100 - ((x-100)/6)/6] Rearranging and solving: x - 100 = 300 + x - [(x-100)/6] And again: 0 = 400 - [(x-100)/6] And again: 0 = 2400 - x + 100 Therefore x = 2500 Substitue this value into the equation for Pirate 1 On Thu, Mar 3, 2011 at 1:32 PM, Lavesh Rawat <lavesh.ra...@gmail.com> wrote: > *Split the Booty Problem Solution* > * > * > A pirate crew at the end of the day split the booty. The first pirate got > 100 gold pieces, and 1/6 of the remaining booty. The second one got 200 gold > pieces, and 1/6 of the remaining booty. The third one got 300 gold pieces, > and 1/6 of the remaining booty. Ect. The last one only got, what if left > from the booty. > At the end, every pirate had the same ammount of gold pieces (from the > booty). > How many pirates were there, and how much was the booty. > > Update Your Answers at : Click > Here<http://dailybrainteaser.blogspot.com/2011/03/3march.html> > > Solution: > Will be updated after 1 day > > > -- > > "Never explain yourself. Your friends don’t need it and > your enemies won’t believe it" . > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Algorithm Geeks" group. > To post to this group, send email to algogeeks@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > algogeeks+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/algogeeks?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Algorithm Geeks" group. To post to this group, send email to algogeeks@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to algogeeks+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/algogeeks?hl=en.
