How Are the 100 Prisoners in a Prison Numbered?

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I argue that 50% of the prisoners can be saved: regardless of any ordering of the prisoners names in boxes, in any given string of 50 boxes (a string need not be consecutive) there are exactly 50 names which correspond to exactly 50 of the 100 prisoners.

Alexander Ross

Alexander Ross

Gaming, Esports & Interactive Media Writer

Alexander Ross has covered the video game industry for a decade, writing deep dives on game design, esports tournaments, VR developments, and gaming culture.

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