Solution: Poor Pigs
Explore how to determine the minimum number of pigs required to identify a poisonous bucket within a given time by analyzing rounds of testing and possible survival outcomes. Learn a mathematical approach that applies logarithms and rounds to solve this classic problem efficiently.
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Statement
You have buckets buckets of liquid, exactly one of which is poisonous. Your goal is to identify the poisonous bucket by feeding liquid to some number of pigs and observing whether they survive or die. You have a total of minutesToTest minutes to determine which bucket contains the poison.
The experiment proceeds in rounds according to the following rules:
Select any number ...