Suppose you are a member of the I Eta Pi fraternity. On the morning of the bigge
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Question
Suppose you are a member of the I Eta Pi fraternity. On the morning of the biggest party of the year, Shady Steve is caught meddling in the party supply room. Ol’ Shady claims he only had enough time to spike one of the handles with a certain “illegal substance” before getting caught red-handed (How’d he even get in the fraternity anyways?). As the biggest party frat on campus, you naturally keep a cache of 1000 handles of liquor at all times. You have 10 pledges which can be used to sample from the bottles of liquor. The “illegal substance” in the bad bottle will not take effect until right before the party starts. How can you deduce which bottle was spiked before the big event, and avoid a fraternity ending lawsuit?
Explanation / Answer
Like old times, I get a tester (10 if I can) and promise the one who is affected big rewards or recognition for missing out on the party.
The synergistic prowess of the 10 pledges can be used to test that one handle which has been spiked. Till the. Time being, to preserve suspicion, the handle can be replaced by one of the other handles.