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Where's Bob? (Posted on 2018-05-01) Difficulty: 3 of 5
FBI Agent Alice is hot on the trail of computer hacker Bob, who is hiding in one of 17 caves. The caves form a linear array, and every night Bob moves from the cave he is in to one of the caves on either side of it. Alice can search two caves each day, with no restrictions on her choice.

For example, if Alice searches (1 2), (2 3), ..., (16 17), then she is certain to catch Bob, though it might take her 16 days.

What is the shortest time in which Alice can be guaranteed of catching Bob?

No Solution Yet Submitted by Danish Ahmed Khan    
Rating: 4.6667 (3 votes)

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  Subject Author Date
SolutionExplanation to Puzzle AnswerK Sengupta2022-07-18 23:23:02
Puzzle AnswerK Sengupta2022-07-13 21:57:07
re(2): An improvement, but not a provable minimumPatronSurvey2019-03-04 07:02:54
re: An improvement, but not a provable minimummario2018-05-28 05:06:19
No SubjectSteven Lord2018-05-04 11:09:52
Solution10 daysMath Man2018-05-01 20:32:30
An improvement, but not a provable minimumPaul2018-05-01 15:04:51
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