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Originally posted by muchspl2@24 April 2004 - 18:54
1. There are 5 pirates, ordered "5" through "1".
The pirates are maximally greedy.
There are 100 coins.
The highest-numbered pirate gets to determine a coin distribution: assigning a specific number of coins to each specific pirate.
All pirates then vote on accepting the distribution.
If at least half of the pirates agree to accept that distribution, the pirates go on their way.
If the vote doesn't carry at least 50% of the votes, the highest-numbered pirate is killed, and the process is repeated with the remaining pirates.
You are the 5th pirate: how do you distribute the coins?
Half to the first pirate, half to the second and none to yourself. Presumably you and the other two will vote happily, giving a 3-2 majority?