Guest Posted March 26, 2008 Report Share Posted March 26, 2008 There's alot of information for this one. There are 9 prisoners. They are in groups of 3 for exercise. The prison wants them arranged so that 2 men are not handcuffed side by side for more than one day. They are exercising for 6 days. What are the six combinations of arranging them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted March 26, 2008 Report Share Posted March 26, 2008 by 6 different combinations do you mean that there is only 1 solution for the 6 days of are there 6 solutions that we need to find? would it be possible to alternate the days e.g. day 1,3,5 use one solution and 2, 4, 6 use another solution as they are not handcuffed for more than 1 day Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted March 26, 2008 Report Share Posted March 26, 2008 srry if i made it confusing. What is the combination for each day following the guidlines? Day 1: XXX, XXX, XXX Day 2: XXX, XXX, XXX Day 3: XXX, XXX, XXX Day 4: XXX, XXX, XXX Day 5: XXX, XXX, XXX Day 6: XXX, XXX, XXX Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted March 26, 2008 Report Share Posted March 26, 2008 Day 1 123 456 789 Day 2 147 258 369 Day 3 159 483 726 Day 4 168 294 357 Day 5 134 528 679 Day 6 173 246 859 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted March 26, 2008 Report Share Posted March 26, 2008 Day 1 123 456 789 Day 2 147 258 369 Day 3 159 483 726 Day 4 168 294 357 Day 5 134 528 679 Day 6 173 246 859 Not quite. your 5 is next to 8 on days 2 and 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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There's alot of information for this one.
There are 9 prisoners.
They are in groups of 3 for exercise.
The prison wants them arranged so that 2 men are not handcuffed side by side for more than one day.
They are exercising for 6 days.
What are the six combinations of arranging them?
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