Fatalis
July 28th, 2012, 06:51 AM
I like puzzles :) This one is fairly more simple than my last, but it is not by any means easy
There is a warden ( no, not Ambient )
He is in charge in a jail with 8 prisoners
One day, the warden got bored, so he came up with a challenge
The warden called all of his 8 prisoners to meet , the prisoners are allowed to come up with a plan, but they can't communicate with each other after
The challenge Ambient made was=
There are a room with 2 switches ( they won't do anything )
Every now and then the warden will take the prisoners and they are forced to reverse the position of ONE switch ( from on to off or vise versa )
Theres no pattern to who the warden will take, it can be different persons each time or it can be the same person multiple times
When one of the prisoners think all of them have been taken to flip the switches at least ONCE, he will tell the warden, if he is correct, they are set free
If they are wrong, they will all be executed
The question is: What plan should they come up with in order to be free? ( the switches start at the on position )
There is a warden ( no, not Ambient )
He is in charge in a jail with 8 prisoners
One day, the warden got bored, so he came up with a challenge
The warden called all of his 8 prisoners to meet , the prisoners are allowed to come up with a plan, but they can't communicate with each other after
The challenge Ambient made was=
There are a room with 2 switches ( they won't do anything )
Every now and then the warden will take the prisoners and they are forced to reverse the position of ONE switch ( from on to off or vise versa )
Theres no pattern to who the warden will take, it can be different persons each time or it can be the same person multiple times
When one of the prisoners think all of them have been taken to flip the switches at least ONCE, he will tell the warden, if he is correct, they are set free
If they are wrong, they will all be executed
The question is: What plan should they come up with in order to be free? ( the switches start at the on position )