The Cannibals of an Island have the habit of eating each other.
One evening, the cannibals threw a dinner party. Six cannibals turned up and they decided to eat each other in turn. So someone was selected for everyone to eat (except the victim!), and when he had been eaten, someone else was selected, and so on.
If it took one cannibal two hours on his own to devour one person, how long was it before just one consumer remained?

Assuming the cannibals ate at a steady rate, it would take 4 hours 34 minutes until just one consumer remained.  However, considering that the remaining cannibal would have to eat the equivalent of over 2 people, it is highly improbable that he could finish in such a short space of time. 

Posted by Coda on 2004-03-01 16:15:18