The Valuable and the Invaluable (But Every Five Minutes)
You're walking in a desert, with no water. However, every five minutes you get an offer from a person. They ask you to pick between a water bottle and a diamond. However, you only get to take one of them each time you get an offer. What should you do to survive, and keep as much diamonds as you can?
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1 solution
If you're a logical person, you'd take enough water to last you the trip, then take as much diamonds as you can. That means that the answer is Take enough water to last you the trip, then take as much diamonds as you can.