This looked like a variant of the socks problem :) On Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 5:20 PM, Sathaiah Dontula <[email protected]>wrote:
> How_to_Ace_the_Brainteaser_Interview.pdf > > find this book, this has good number of puzzles. > > Thanks, > Sathaiah Dontula > > > On Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 3:01 PM, vishal raja <[email protected]>wrote: > >> take out that one A pill that's there in the jar. take the half of all the >> four pills, that's how u'll make sure that u've had 1 of 'A' and 1 of 'B' >> pill. >> >> >> >> On Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 2:52 PM, bittu <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> You are on a strict medical regimen that requires you to take two >>> types of pills each day. You must take exactly one A pill and exactly >>> one B pill at the same time. The pills are very expensive, and you >>> don't want to waste any. So you open the bottle of A pills, and tap >>> one out into your hand. Then you open the bottle of B pills and do the >>> same thing -- but you make a mistake, and two B pills come out into >>> your hand with the A pill. But the pills are all exactly identical. >>> There is no way to tell A pills apart from B pills. How can you >>> satisfy your regimen and take exactly one of each pill at the same >>> time, without wasting any pills? >>> >>> >>> Write Algorithm to Solve dis Problem in constant time..isn't it..??? >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> Regard's >>> Shashank Mani Narayan " Don't Be Evil U Can Earn While U learn" >>> Computer Science & Engineering >>> Birla Institute of Technology,Mesra >>> Cell No. +91-9166674831 >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "Algorithm Geeks" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> [email protected]<algogeeks%[email protected]> >>> . >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/algogeeks?hl=en. >>> >>> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Algorithm Geeks" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]<algogeeks%[email protected]> >> . >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/algogeeks?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Algorithm Geeks" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<algogeeks%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/algogeeks?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Algorithm Geeks" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/algogeeks?hl=en.
