Thursday, July 21, 2022

Mice Puzzle

 I saw this on a forum. Solution is amazing:


Here is the problem:

Problem. You have mice, and bottles, exactly one of which is poisoned. Each mouse can taste any combination of bottles at once, and if it is poisoned it will die after exactly one minute. Once a mouse is dead, it can't taste any more bottles. How many minutes do you need to determine exactly which bottle is poisoned?