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Maze (Posted on 2002-06-26) Difficulty: 3 of 5
You're trapped in a maze. There is a way out. Path junctions are all 3-way.

If you use the strategy of always taking the path going right, what will happen?

(Note: This problem is deliberarely vague.)

See The Solution Submitted by Cheradenine    
Rating: 2.5556 (9 votes)

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re: I'm not getting something. | Comment 51 of 54 |
(In reply to I'm not getting something. by Charlie)

Going right implies a 2 dimensional junction, but not necessarily a 2d maze. Think of it as an underground maze made of tunnels and rooms..

In the quoted text, "Each possibility" represents a single segment, not an entire path. Finding the exit segment vs the initial segment is made random due to the unknown maze structure, yielding 1/2 chance for each.
  Posted by Cheradenine on 2003-06-02 01:33:16

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