@rajul can u xplain how the bounty is (x-100)/6... ?? On Thu, Mar 3, 2011 at 1:43 PM, rajul jain <rajuljain...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 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. > -- 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.
