Larry Posted January 6, 2020 Report Share Posted January 6, 2020 You know the riddle: https://sites.math.washington.edu/~morrow/336_11/papers/yisong.pdf We have the exact same scenario & assumptions but with a different question to be answered: "Are you the last called prisoner out of the bunch?" In other words: "Are you the 100th prisoner?" Obviously, all prisoners called in the days 1-99 know they arent Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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You know the riddle: https://sites.math.washington.edu/~morrow/336_11/papers/yisong.pdf
We have the exact same scenario & assumptions but with a different question to be answered: "Are you the last called prisoner out of the bunch?"
In other words: "Are you the 100th prisoner?"
Obviously, all prisoners called in the days 1-99 know they arent
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