- #1
- 7,220
- 24
You are designing a type of shock absorber that protects delicate objects from jolts during transportation. To test your prototypes, to decided to find the maximum height from which a crytal vase wrapped in your absorber can be safely dropped. You get a step ladder with 40 steps and decide to drop the wrapped vase from different heights. If you are satisfied with an accuracy of one step spacing, and you are allowed to break only 2 vases for a prototype, what is the minimum number of drops needed to determine the breaking height ?