The Quest

Logic Level 3

The king is angry with you.He is giving you 1 chance to stay or he will exile you forever.He puts 30 eggs in front of you.11 are poisonous and he tells you to divide them into piles. A scoundrel takes 1 pile.How many eggs in each pile so you can kill the scoundrel and earn your freedom?

12,12,8 6,12,12 11,18,1 10,10,10

Kareem Malcolm by Kareem Malcolm , 17, Jamaica

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Kareem Malcolm
Oct 27, 2018

2 piles of 12 will fool the scoundrel then a pile of only 6 can work.

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Do I know which eggs are poisonous? And do I only have to kill the scoundrel to be free?

Henry U - 2 years, 7 months ago

You are wrong, delete this problem

Hasmik Garyaka - 2 years, 7 months ago

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