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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(4): possible results (qball) | Comment 49 of 54 |
(In reply to re(3): possible results (qball) by qball)

"2) your maze is unrealistic. your question is more like "there are 3 teleporters in each room" you enter through teleporter 1 (center (from last "room") and take telporter 2 (right hand side) everytime. this is because your rooms are not really attached"

yes, well seen, thats all you can assume about node connectivities.

"the only time you will END a turn is if
1) you find an exit
2) you go into a room you have already been in"

yes, but 2) really transforms to

2) you go into your initial room and retake your first path

applying this yields that your chances are always
10/11 of escaping, not 10/1010. (there are 10 exits paths
and 1 getting stuck path)




  Posted by Cheradenine on 2002-07-07 22:55:56

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