Thread: Thiefs

There are 5 thiefs and they rob a bag of gold coins in it. There were 100 gold coins.They decided to divide the gold coins among themselves.
There was a seniority level among the thiefs.
1 means highest seniority and 5 means lowest seniority .
So dey decided that thief with the highest seniority will propose a method to divide gold coins and then there wud b a polling. If there is atleast 50% majority in favour of him then his proposal will b accepted otherwise other thiefs will kill him and now the next seniormost thief will propose a method and again a polling will held..nd the story goes on....
The thiefs are equally greedy and equally intelligent.
What proposal wud u put if u were been the senior most thief ?

u didnt get the question correctly!!
u cant kill juniors!! only senior can be killed by juniors if he doesnt win the polling!!
and any how level2 thief wont vote for level1 because level2 himself wants to get the largest share..so level2 will vote against level1 so that level1 loses his majority and level2 thief wud be allowed to put a proposal!!

hi smart coder,

how the thief's accept the polling ? any rules are there ? Suppose if two of them getting equal numbers of coins then they accept or not ?

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suresh

If two thieves accept the equal amount of gold then my decision is 33.33% of gold for me 33.33% of gold for 4th and 5th theif.... I'm sure i will get 50 percent of vote.

Thanks
Manoj

A Thief votes for someone only after he ensures he will get sum gold coin or he will live alive!!

Hi Smart,

Thats wat i told in my previous post... I'm sure that i will get vote from 4th and 5th so i got 50% of vote... So i'm happy as well as they also happy...

Thanks
Manoj

If senior most try to distribute equally(i.e. suppose 33%) then no one will vote for him and they will kill him bcoz they think their share may get increased!!
got the point??

hi smart coder,

Here is my answer...i don't know this is correct....may be correct...

Theif1 = 1
Theif2 = 0
Theif3 = 1
Theif4 = 0
Theif5(me) = 98

If it is not correct then here is the another answer...

Theif1 = 33
Theif2 = 0
Theif3 = 33
Theif4 = 0
Theif5(me) = 34

Let us know any one of is correct ? Otherwise give some other clue..

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suresh

why 4th and 5th will vote for u..coz they know if 1st get killed and if 2nd wud be given a chance to propose a distribution he may give 50% to 4th or 5th!!

Ok Shenoy small change in my answer

4th theif - 33 coin
5th theif - 33 coin
3rd theif - 1 coin
Me - 33 coin
Total - 100 coin

Why i took this decision is in the question its mention that all the theives are greedy including me... so i need more gold but at the same time i have to save my life... so this decision best suits in both the cases...
No need to melt the coin... Now i'm safe...

Thanks
Manoj

i wont disclose now suresh otherwise others would stop thinking!!
explain ur both answers!!

Instead of giving to 4th and 5th give to 2nd and 3rd so they wont kill me...

Thanks
Manoj

still they wont vote for u!! coz dere share wud get increased!!

Suresh has already given the answer!!
Theif1 = 1
Theif2 = 0
Theif3 = 1
Theif4 = 0
Theif5(me) = 98

Theif1(me) = 98
Theif2 = 0
Theif3 = 1
Theif4 = 0
Theif5 = 1

is it ok now??