now that's what i call phÂœnix 58
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Not necessarily. Remember that the pirates wants as much gold as possible and each pirate is capable of rational thought (i.e. they realise that if the motion is rejected, it will be Pirate B's turn to make a proposal and the implications of this).
Therefore, Pirate B could veto the motion cos then it would be his proposal, and he could allocate more gold to himself.
It is easier if you work backwards, i.e. what would be the proposal if it was just Pirate E, or just pirates E and D etc...
Therefore, Pirate B could veto the motion cos then it would be his proposal, and he could allocate more gold to himself.
It is easier if you work backwards, i.e. what would be the proposal if it was just Pirate E, or just pirates E and D etc...
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The distribution is rather more unfair than that.
Since the proposer receives the casting vote, if it were down to the last 2 pirates, it would be
D: 100, E: 0
You can take it from there!
(and I don't mean to hurry you, but I've been waiting for the last 2.5 hours waiting for you to take your fecking Scrabulous shot)
Since the proposer receives the casting vote, if it were down to the last 2 pirates, it would be
D: 100, E: 0
You can take it from there!
(and I don't mean to hurry you, but I've been waiting for the last 2.5 hours waiting for you to take your fecking Scrabulous shot)
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Nope. Because if they all conspire to throw A off, then they could end up with less gold than he might offer them.®© harry2½ wrote:Surely in the first stage the allocation is irrelevant as c d e will vote to throw a overboard !
The distribution if there were 2 pirates left:
D: 100, E: 0 : D knows that he gets the casting vote so he can have all the gold.
Therefore, if there are 3 left
C knows that all he has to do is offer E 1 piece of gold to be sure of his vote (because it is still 1 more gold than he would get if he rejected the proposition).
This means that with 3 pirates left it would be:
C: 99, D:0, E:1
Anyone want to try the next step?
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Close enough. (and it might actually work. My brain hurts too).
The answer on my card is A: 98 coins B: 0 coins C: 1 coin D: 0 coins E: 1 coin
You can read more here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pirate_loot_problem
Over to the oaky one (even though there seems to be 2 quizzes running!)
The answer on my card is A: 98 coins B: 0 coins C: 1 coin D: 0 coins E: 1 coin
You can read more here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pirate_loot_problem
Over to the oaky one (even though there seems to be 2 quizzes running!)