there r 1000 bottles.one contain poison.the logic is that poison reacts after 24 hours.we have to check the poison in 24 hours.how to solve this &how many persons will be required.
2007-01-18 03:20:29 · 6 answers · asked by vk 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
1000 persons
2007-01-18 03:30:25 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You could number the 1000 bottles (in fact 1024) in binary notation so:
Bottle 1: 0000000001
Bottle 100: 0001100100
Bottle 1000:1111101000
Then label the columns A-J and prisoner A is given wine from every bottle with a 1 in the A column, prisoner B from every bootle with a 1 the B column, etc. Then by matching the dead prisoners to the binary number of the bottle you have the poisoned bottle.
2007-01-18 12:33:47 · answer #2 · answered by kblavie 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
we don't need anyone to find out as we already know that there r 1000 bottles and is has poison. considering asll the remaining 999 bottles r empty so we know that bottle containing something has poison in it
2007-01-18 14:23:21 · answer #3 · answered by Santosh S 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
now that u have not specified if the other 999 bottles are empty or full.. assuming they are empty ...i think 1 person can do the job within 24 hours
2007-01-18 11:32:31 · answer #4 · answered by Mask M 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
we need 999 pple assuming all d bottles r full
2007-01-18 12:05:26 · answer #5 · answered by s_wals 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
u need 999 people....thinking that all the bottles are full!!!!!!!!
2007-01-21 08:48:42 · answer #6 · answered by ranju 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋