A group of five people want to put a set of locks on a chest and distribute keys to the locks amongst themselves in such a way that all the locks on the chest could be opened only when at least three of them were present to open it.

How many locks would be needed, and how many keys?

(In reply to re: Cost effective solution by Penny)

Ooops :-)

Once again, another short sighted explanation, i'll get bac to you with a better one soon.

Posted by Juggler on 2004-03-03 20:00:16