You have 23 links in a gold chain (just like before), and will pay one link per day to someone. Which two chain pieces should you break in order to pay this person?

What would be the longest chain you could have in order to pay this person (one each day) by breaking 3 pieces in the chain?

Is there a rule for how many days you could pay someone under the same circumstances if you could break x pieces in the chain?

there is not sufficient information given in the problem to solve it. we are not told that we can take back pieces of the chain from the person, and because the chain pieces have monetary value we must assume that we cannot take the pieces back. also, it should read "pay this person the equivalent of one each day" because the way it is currently worded would mean one link.

Posted by donnmike on 2003-12-06 02:22:32