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Five prisoners, numbered 1 to 5, take turns picking mung beans from a sack containing 100 mung beans. Each person must pick at least one bean. The person who picks the most and the person who picks the least will be executed. They are not allowed to communicate with each other, but while picking, they can feel how many beans are left. Question: Who among them has the highest chance of survival? Hint: 1. They are all very intelligent people 2. Their principle is to prioritize survival 3. Not all 100 beans need to be picked 4. If there is a tie for the most or the least, those tying are also executed. Discussion is welcome, but please keep comments brief! Thank you for your cooperation! While picking, they can feel the remaining number of beans. This is very crucial!
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There are many possible answers to this question; if you're interested, you can try hypothesizing each possibility yourself...
The first person cannot prevent the fourth person's stray bullets, because at most only three can survive.
There are many answers. Have you ever thought, what if the first person goes mad and grabs 100 people?
Uh… the newcomer immediately got fascinated by logic puzzles… oh dear… after seeing so many puzzles, I originally didn't really feel like using my brain… now I feel increasingly helpless with more and more logic puzzles… (Sometimes a really smart girl isn't exactly what you would call 'cute'… )
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