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Five Pirates

You have five pirates, ranked from 5 to 1 in descending order. The top pirate has the right to propose how 100 gold coins should be divided among them. But the others get to vote on his plan, and if fewer than half agree with him, he gets killed. How should he allocate the gold in order to maximize his share but live to enjoy it?







Hint: One pirate ends up with 98 percent of the gold.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Solution: 

TBA


Difficulty
    • Moderate
      		Type
        • Logic
        • Mathematical


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