tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6085626273415496889.post990151765566139..comments2023-04-06T08:45:58.421-07:00Comments on Lateral Thinking, Analytical Mathematics and Computing: Car Race Puzzle (Google)Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09855100606552890649noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6085626273415496889.post-16309971726292264942013-10-17T12:14:18.254-07:002013-10-17T12:14:18.254-07:00we can use Algo to find median of the median to fi...we can use Algo to find median of the median to find the ans. and ans is 8 race . Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6085626273415496889.post-40802403528391288532011-02-25T07:30:03.972-08:002011-02-25T07:30:03.972-08:00were you able to solve this??were you able to solve this??Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6085626273415496889.post-79233976919988341552010-11-15T09:22:09.742-08:002010-11-15T09:22:09.742-08:00Your solution is not correct.
After 7 races you kn...Your solution is not correct.<br />After 7 races you know the order with in groups but dont know the order between groups. In the 8th race you know the 1st from each group but this case may also exist when 7th car of a group is faster than 1st car of b group.<br /><br />For example :-<br /><br />a1 a2 a3 a4 a5 a6 b1 b2 b3 b4 b5 b6 b7 c1 c2 c3 c4 c5 c6 c7 d1 d2 d3 d4 a7 ......<br /><br />in this case a7 is the 25th car.<br />This sequence will hold your all conditions.<br /><br />Please rethink about what i am trying to say.blunderboynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6085626273415496889.post-30511515618588962402010-11-13T22:11:10.239-08:002010-11-13T22:11:10.239-08:00Your elimination strategy if the ones in red borde...Your elimination strategy if the ones in red border is wrong.hellohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12406259659317666511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6085626273415496889.post-52586866059064582262010-11-13T22:00:33.646-08:002010-11-13T22:00:33.646-08:00You have to find the 25th which means you want to ...You have to find the 25th which means you want to find the slowest one of the 25 card left out. You can have the final race between A5 B5 C5 D5 E5 and whichever one comes 5th is the 25th once in the racehellohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12406259659317666511noreply@blogger.com