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        riddles >> hard >> what is the anwser to the 3-pistols!
        
(Message started by: Nathan Michael Cochran on Apr 10^th, 2005, 1:54pm)

Title: what is the anwser to the 3-pistols!
Post by Nathan Michael Cochran on Apr 10^th, 2005, 1:54pm

Ok.....I have tried and done it every possible way! I still dont see how you could say one way of another! If someone know e-mail me!

Title: Re: what is the anwser to the 3-pistols!
Post by towr on Apr 10^th, 2005, 2:10pm

Just aim at both. If you hit they're both dead, and you win. If you miss, you still have a better chance than if you shot just one of them. ;D

You can also have a look at the following threads (probabilities may vary):
game theory gangsters (http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~wwu/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?board=riddles_medium;action=display;num=1081649419),
three-way pistol duel (http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~wwu/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?board=riddles_hard;action=display;num=1027808060)
and
Wild wild west (http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~wwu/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?board=riddles_medium;action=display;num=1038238598)