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You have ten lanterns, five of which are working, and five of which are broken...

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You have ten lanterns, five of which are working, and five of which are broken. You are allowed to choose any two lanterns and make a test which tells you whether there is a broken lantern among them or not. How many tests do you need until you find a working lantern?

posted Oct 9, 2019 by anonymous

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