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#1 Re: Puzzles and Games » Disagree with the solution for the the 5 pirates and 100 gold coins » 2010-04-22 20:20:36

It's a great problem but I too disagree with the solution- to me it is implied that all pirates, including the one making the proposal, get to vote. So when there are 2 pirates then the one making the proposal will keep all the money for himself, not give it to the other one.

This results in a split of 1:0:1:0:98

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