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A Variation On The "when Is Cheryl's Birthday?" Problem
I was just given this nasty-sounding variation on the birthday problem that's been bugging the internet for the last few days. It goes like this:
Person A chooses a pair of numbers between and including 2 and 99, and finds their sum (S) and Product (P). He then tells one person only the product f the two numbers, and nothing else, and the other person is only toldtheir sum.
Person P says: I do not know what the two numbers are.
Person S says: I already knew that.
Person P says: Oh, then I know what the two numbers are now.
Person S says: Then so do I, now.
What are the two numbers?
Person A chooses a pair of numbers between and including 2 and 99, and finds their sum (S) and Product (P). He then tells one person only the product f the two numbers, and nothing else, and the other person is only toldtheir sum.
Person P says: I do not know what the two numbers are.
Person S says: I already knew that.
Person P says: Oh, then I know what the two numbers are now.
Person S says: Then so do I, now.
What are the two numbers?
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Oh, the page starts normally enough but it becomes increasingly incomprehensible, the further down you go. So long as other sofware writers understand the author's style, I suppose it doesn't matter.
Other than that, one or two clues, which may or may not help.
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Oh, the page starts normally enough but it becomes increasingly incomprehensible, the further down you go. So long as other sofware writers understand the author's style, I suppose it doesn't matter.
Other than that, one or two clues, which may or may not help.
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