Selfish

Algebra Level 3

On a boat 5 people are present with their ages in order i.e ( person 1 has lowest age and person 5 has largest age ) . They found a box with 100 gold coins and want to distribute among themselves . so they dedcided to start with the oldest person , he will distribute coins if distribution is satisfied by majority then they are done otherwise that person will be thrown out of boat and next oldest person will start distribution .

So the puzzle is how much coin person 5 will get Assume all 5 people are good mathematicians......:)


The answer is 98.

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1 solution

Saya Suka
May 7, 2021

100 = 1 + 0 + 1 + 0 + 98

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