Re: [algogeeks] [brain teaser ] 28march

2011-03-28 Thread Siddharthan E
7 races On Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 5:39 PM, Akash Agrawal wrote: > 7 races... > > Regards, > Akash Agrawal > http://tech-queries.blogspot.com/ > > > > On Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 3:50 PM, anand karthik > wrote: > >> Evertime you conduct a race, you eliminate 2 horses. So, 11. >> On Mar 28, 2011 1:24 PM

Re: [algogeeks] [brain teaser ] 28march

2011-03-28 Thread Akash Agrawal
7 races... Regards, Akash Agrawal http://tech-queries.blogspot.com/ On Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 3:50 PM, anand karthik wrote: > Evertime you conduct a race, you eliminate 2 horses. So, 11. > On Mar 28, 2011 1:24 PM, "Lavesh Rawat" wrote: > > *Horse Race Problem Solution* > > > * > > *Ok, so there

Re: [algogeeks] [brain teaser ] 28march

2011-03-28 Thread anand karthik
Evertime you conduct a race, you eliminate 2 horses. So, 11. On Mar 28, 2011 1:24 PM, "Lavesh Rawat" wrote: > *Horse Race Problem Solution* > * > *Ok, so there are 25 horses and the race track only allows 5 horses to race > at a given time. Given that there is no stop watch available your task is

[algogeeks] [brain teaser ] 28march

2011-03-28 Thread Lavesh Rawat
*Horse Race Problem Solution* * *Ok, so there are 25 horses and the race track only allows 5 horses to race at a given time. Given that there is no stop watch available your task is to determine the fastest 3 horses. Assume that each horses speed is constant in different races, what is the minimum