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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(7): About the | Comment 32 of 54 |
(In reply to re(6): About the by Cheradenine)

You have to make geometric assumptions so that "always taking the path going right" to be well-defined. If the maze is three-dimensional, for example, it can be meaningless. What happens if you come to a fork that goes up and down, for example? In any case, my central argument still stands. There is necessarily a short path to the starting node but not necessarily a short path toward the exit.

I think the problem is that you are tailoring assumptions that fit a preconceived answer. There is simply not enough information to properly frame the situation, much less come up with a well-defined probability (which the problem doesn't ask for anyway).
  Posted by friedlinguini on 2002-07-03 05:46:45

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