Ship with coins riddle
A pirate ship captures a treasure of 1000 golden coins. The treasure has to be split among the five pirates: 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 in order of rank. The pirates have the following important characteristics:
Infinitely smart.
Bloodthirsty.
Greedy.
Starting with pirate 5, they can make a proposal how to split up the treasure. This proposal can either be accepted or the pirate is thrown overboard. A proposal is accepted if and only if a majority of the pirates agrees on it.
What proposal should pirate 5 make?
either 1 or 2 pirate 3 coin and 3rd pirate 1 coin and self 996 coin
p.1- 333.3333333333333
p.2- 333.333333333333
p.3- 333.33333333333
p.4- 000.0000000000003
p.5- 000.0000000000033
switch 4-5
No offence
you cannot cut a coin
332
332
332
3
1 this is the right answear
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