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    How many toothpicks are needed to win.

    Consider the following two-player game. Player One places between 50 and 60 toothpicks on the table. Player Two picks up at least one and no more than nine of the toothpicks. Player One then picks up at least one and no more than nine of the remaining toothpicks. Play alternates in this way...
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    Number of Paths on 5x5 Chessboard: Solve the Puzzle!

    never mind I didnt see the edit.
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    Number of Paths on 5x5 Chessboard: Solve the Puzzle!

    I know there is a formula for how many of a certain thing like squares on a 8x8 chessboard but I haven't come across anything on pathways .Is there one for this type of problem?Any help would be appreciated. Consider a 5-by-5 chessboard. You want to move a nickel from the lower left corner to...
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    Freedom or aligators use switches for code.

    I thought using the first switch as the key. the first one in flips it on and all leave it on until the last 21 person who flips the first back down. the 22 knows that means 21 has been by thus meaning he os the 22. Will that work?
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    Freedom or aligators use switches for code.

    I was wondering if anyone had seen this logic problem in a different form or knows how a solution to this. Thanks Freedom or Alligators Once upon a time, a prison warden was responsible for 22 prisoners on Death Row. These prisoners were students who had done terrible things: some illegally...
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