At one point, a remote island's population of chameleons was divided as follows:

• 13 Red chameleons
• 15 Green chameleons
• 17 Blue chameleons

Each time two different colored chameleons would meet, they would change their color to the third one. (I.E. If Green meets Red, they both change their color to Blue.)

Is it ever possible for all chameleons to become the same color? (Why or why not?)

You could go on and on speculating that it is indeed NO.
1. They have all died.
2. All but one have died.
3. All but two have died.
4. All but three have died.
. . .
567. They all turned brown in an insane chameleon orgy.
. . .
4060. They all contracted smallpox . . .

Have I gone too far? Oh well, the answer is NO.

Posted by Drew on 2003-10-09 00:22:03