There is a table in the middle of a room. There are 300 people in the room. When the time comes a man (not included in the number of people) stands up and asks the crowd is there a cup on the table?
250 people claim that there is no cup; however 50 people claim that there is a cup on the table.
Both of them swear that their side is right. The one man knows the truth of whether or not there is a cup on the table, but he keeps it to himself.
Here is where you come in: You cannot go into the room the people come out and tell you what happened.
So my question is, how does one go about finding the truth to whether or not there is indeed a cup on the table?
Do you stick with the majority of the people that say there is not one? Does that mean that the others are liars? Do you stick with the minority? Does that mean that the others are liars? Simply how do you tell?
*There is no way that you can see in the room at all*
2007-06-28 09:27:58 · 7 answers · asked by Chris 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I would ask the one man who asked the question.
2007-06-28 09:48:00 · answer #1 · answered by djmantx 7 · 7⤊ 0⤋
i would draw a diagram of the room, and ask everyone where they were standing.
if the 50 people were standing in the same area, chances are they saw the cup because of the angle.
second, i'd ask the 50 to describe the cup- if they said different things, it could be assumed that they're liars
and if that doesn't work out, i'll go with Black Beard's plan.
2007-06-28 16:32:56 · answer #2 · answered by (insert creative name here) 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is 50/300 = 0.17 of a cup on the table.
2007-06-28 16:41:27 · answer #3 · answered by Jabberwock 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The first sentence says there is a table in the middle of a room....doesn't mention a cup...so I'm going with No, there is no cup....
And just for the record....I'd better learn the answer because I have special powers and I will put a pox on your house if you leave me hanging....
2007-06-28 16:38:45 · answer #4 · answered by dreamdress2 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
You do a lot of swearing in your spiel. I believe that there will be some swearing at you and your "question".
There must be some point to it, but I'm not going to try to figure out just what the point is.
Don't worry, I'm not going to sneak a look into the room.
2007-06-28 16:39:31 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Clever.
2007-06-28 16:32:16 · answer #6 · answered by Harlequin 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I pull out my FLYING MONKEYS!!!
2007-06-28 16:34:38 · answer #7 · answered by Nijg 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋