Logical puzzle - The Lions

Hungary
June 9, 2007 11:58am CST
My favourite logical puzzle: The are 29 lions in a cage. We know the following facts about the lions: 1) The lions eat meat. 2) The lions never share the meat, one of them will eat all the meat. 3) A lion, when he ate the meat, will sleep. 4) The sleeping lion is meat for the other lions, they can eat the sleeping one. 5) The lions don't want to became food, they rather choose the die of hunger. So a lion eat the meat only if he will not became food. 6) Every lions are very clever, they know the outcame of sleeping. 7) Every lion know that the other lions are clever like him. The question: what will happen, if we throw a meat among the 29 lions?
1 response
lzjilbb
@lzjilbb (425)
• China
9 Jun 07
It's difficult. Do you have the answer? I think either none of those lions will touch the meat , or all of them will try to eat the meat first. It's very like a classic pirate problem. Wait for your answer :)
ViragElvtars
@ViragElvtars (21)
• Hungary
11 Jun 07
I know the answer of course. The solution is pretty, but not so difficult. It's not possible, that all of them try to eat the meat. Always one of them eat (the one who is nearest to the meat). So, one of them, or none of them? I will sent the solution net time.