PUZZLE 7:PIRATES AND DIAMONDS
5 pirates found a treasure of 100 diamonds.They have ranking like pirate 1 leads then pirate 2,..so on.pirate 1 proposes idea to share the diamonds and everyone will vote for it(including himself).If 50% or more vote for it,diamonds will be shared that way,otherwise he will be killed and process will continue with remaining pirates.
As the pirates are cruel,if he would get same number of diamonds if he voted or against the idea,he will vote against it and the pirate who proposed it would be killed.All pirates are greedy and they want to have maximum diamonds.
Assume all pirates are equally greedy,intelligent,and do not wish to die.What will happen?
for answer see here:answer to puzzle 7
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