"What? Ninety-seven?! "
The audience was in an uproar. They stared at this Asian man with their eyes wide open, thinking that he was crazy.
Although everyone's previous answers were denied by the host, most of them seemed reasonable.
But this person actually said that the first pirate would get ninety-seven gold coins. Did he think that the remaining four pirates were fools?
Everyone was whispering and looking at the arrogant easterner with disdainful eyes, as if he was really going to be thrown into the sea.
Even Ningning, who was a little surprised, was discouraged, "Sister Yang Xue, do you think he is stupid? The first pirate will get ninety-seven gold coins, and the remaining four pirates will only get three gold coins. How could the others agree?"
When she heard this answer, Yang Xue was also a little surprised. But the biggest difference between her and the others was that she always believed in Zhang Jue unconditionally.
She knew Zhang Jue very well. When she saw his expression, she knew that he had a card up his sleeve.
Sure enough, when the host heard Zhang Jue's words, although he was a little surprised, he didn't directly give him a death sentence like before. Instead, he smiled and asked, "Sir, do you know the specific distribution plan?"
The host's words made everyone's expression change. Could it be that this kid guessed correctly?
The first pirate would get ninety-seven gold coins? How was this possible?
Zhang Jue counted with his fingers like a child.
"The first pirate gets ninety-seven gold coins, the second pirate gets zero, the third pirate gets one, the fourth pirate gets two, and the fifth pirate gets zero. Or the first pirate gets ninety-seven gold coins, the second pirate gets zero, the third pirate gets one, the fourth pirate gets zero, and the fifth pirate gets two."
After listening to his description, the host compared it with the card in his hand and smiled, "Congratulations, you got it right."
"What?!"
The audience exclaimed again. The most impossible answer was actually correct. How could this be?
"I don't believe it! How could it be distributed like this? You guys are cheating! You found a random number and passed it off as the correct answer. Obviously, you don't want us to win the grand prize, "a busybody shouted.
"That's right. Why don't you make it up more reasonable? Are you trying to deceive the consumers?" another busybody echoed.
"It's not like that." Seeing that the situation was getting out of control, the host quickly explained, "We didn't collude with anyone. The questions and answers were given to me by the store manager. What this gentleman said is indeed consistent with the correct answers on the answer sheet."
The first person who shouted said, "Even if you didn't collude, this answer is obviously not correct. Isn't there a reasonable explanation?"
"This …" The host was at a loss for words. The answer sheet was limited in size, and the store manager had only printed the questions and answers on it. He did not explain how to get the correct answers. She looked at Zhang Jue awkwardly, hoping that the person who had just answered the question could help her.
These people obviously couldn't afford to play. Was this the characteristic of the United States?
However, since there was a prize to be won, Zhang Jue naturally wouldn't refuse. He smiled and said, "Everyone, please don't make things difficult for her. Let me explain."
"First of all, we need to figure out the conditions given by the question."
"One, the five people will divide the gold coins in turn. If half or more of them disagree, they will be thrown into the sea to feed the sharks. The next person will continue to divide until more than half of them agree. Two, each person must be rational, wise, and trustworthy."
"Being rational means that survival is the priority. Regardless of whether they can get the gold coins or not, they must ensure that they can survive. Knowing this, we can start to analyze."
"Let's say that only the fourth and fifth people are left. It is conceivable that no matter what distribution plan the fourth person proposes, as long as the fifth person doesn't agree, he will sink to the bottom of the sea. Even if it is 0: 100, there is still a 50% chance of death. It depends on the mood of the fifth person."
"So when the third person foresees this situation, he will propose a 100: 0: 0 plan. Although the fourth person doesn't get a single gold coin, at least he will save his life."
"So on and so forth. If the second person knows the third person's distribution plan, he will propose a 98: 0: 1: 1 plan. Then, the fourth and fifth people will each have an extra gold coin. They will naturally agree."
"Back to the question. If the first person knows the second person's distribution plan, he will adjust the distribution plan to 97: 0: 1: 0: 2 or 97: 0: 1: 2: 0. Then, the third person will have an extra gold coin. The fourth or fifth person will have an extra gold coin. Including the first person, if three people agree, more than half of them will naturally not be thrown into the sea."
There was complete silence.
Everyone was trying hard to think about the several scenarios Zhang Jue had described. No one dared to speak again.
"I understand!" Ningning suddenly said. It turned out that they had to work backwards!
Yang Xue patted her hand, indicating that she should pay attention to her image.
Seeing that Yang Xue was still calm, Ningning asked, "Sister, have you already thought of the answer?"
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