@naveen but in this question don't know numbers of black and red hats like prison and hat puzzle
On Thu, Mar 3, 2011 at 3:25 PM, Naveen Kumar <naveenkumarve...@gmail.com>wrote: > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prisoners_and_hats_puzzle > > On Thu, Mar 3, 2011 at 3:01 PM, amit kumar <amitthecoo...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> ya at least 10 can be easily freed >> >> >> On Thu, Mar 3, 2011 at 2:18 PM, Manish Pathak <pathak....@gmail.com>wrote: >> >>> I think that the last person will tell the color of next front person of >>> him, that means next person will sure that his hat color will be color >>> ,telling by back person. >>> thus person 19 ,17,15,13,11,9,7,5,3,1 th position will get free,and rest >>> amy or may not be... >>> >>> if i am wrong ,tell me.... >>> >>> >>> >>> On Thu, Mar 3, 2011 at 1:48 PM, freecoder <rajuljain...@gmail.com>wrote: >>> >>>> You are one of 20 prisoners on death row with the execution date set >>>> for tomorrow. >>>> >>>> Your king is a ruthless man who likes to toy with his people's >>>> miseries. He comes to your cell today and tells you: >>>> >>>> “I’m gonna give you prisoners a chance to go free tomorrow. You will >>>> all stand in a row (queue) before the executioner and we will put a >>>> hat on your head, either a red or a black one. Of course you will not >>>> be able to see the color of your own hat; you will only be able to see >>>> the prisoners in front of you with their hats on; you will not be >>>> allowed to look back or communicate together in any way (talking, >>>> touching.....) >>>> >>>> (The prisoner in the back will be able to see the 19 prisoners in >>>> front of him >>>> The one in front of him will be able to see 18…) >>>> >>>> Starting with the last person in the row, the one who can see >>>> everybody in front of him, he will be asked a simple question: WHAT IS >>>> THE COLOR OF YOUR HAT? >>>> >>>> He will be only allowed to answer “BLACK” or “RED”. If he says >>>> anything else you will ALL be executed immediately. >>>> >>>> If he guesses the right color of the hat on his head he is set free, >>>> otherwise he is put to death. And we move on to the one in front of >>>> him and ask him the same question and so on… >>>> >>>> Well, good luck tomorrow, HA HA HA HA HA HA!” >>>> >>>> Now since you all can communicate freely during the night, can you >>>> find a way to guarantee the freedom of some prisoners tomorrow? How >>>> many? >>>> >>>> -- >>>> 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. >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> >>> Thanks and Regards, >>> >>> Manish Pathak ** >>> TimesJobs.com >>> manish.pat...@timesgroup.com >>> Mo. 9015687266 >>> >>> >>> -- >>> 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. >> > > > > -- > Cheers > Naveen Kumar > > -- > 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.
