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pow:problem1f21 [2021/09/13 02:42]
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 +<box 80% round orange| Problem 1 (due Monday, September 13)>
  
 +In a certain village there are 333 voters. Each voter belongs to one of two
 +parties: knights or knaves. Knaves sometimes lie and sometimes
 +tell the truth, while knights always tell the truth. Every voter knows
 +the
 +party affiliation of all voters and there are more knights than knaves.
 +You, the mathematician,​ arrive to the village with the task to meet a knight.
 +You can ask each voter the following question about
 +any voter: is she/he a knight? Find a knight by asking as few
 +questions as you can.
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 +</​box>​
 +Only two solutions were received: one containing a partial solution with some useful observations and
 +one complete with the most efficient method we know (we do not know if a better procedure is possible).
 +For details see the following link {{:​pow:​2021fproblem1.pdf|Solution}}.