[algogeeks] Re: What is the algorithm for this problem

2014-07-08 Thread Don
card by one of the hints which you do request. There are only 120 combinations of 7 hints. If you try each one of those to determine if it distinguishes each pair of cards selected, you can determine if only 7 hints will suffice. Keep trying with fewer hints until you find the lower limit. Don

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