[AccessD] OT: Friday Puzzles

Max Wanadoo max.wanadoo at gmail.com
Sun Apr 25 00:52:13 CDT 2010



I say 55% of whatever value is applied.

Max 


"The general wants to know how many of his men had lost, at minimum, one 
eye,
one ear, one arm and one leg. He is stingy with the medals so he wants to
reward the fewest number of soldiers. What percentage of the soldiers should
receive medals?

...if the query were what was the minimum % of soldiers who had lost all 4 
body parts, the answer would be 10%

...but the query was "how many of his men had lost, at minimum, one eye,
one ear, one arm and one leg" and that could be anywhere between 10% and 70%

...there is insufficient data to provide an answer to the query posited 
...imnsho of course :)

William





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