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In response to
"Answer"
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nub-b
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Here's the explanation...
Posted by
nub-b (aka nubby)
Sep 4 '08, 13:29
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RAY: Here's the answer: Mr. White should aim at no one. He should miss on purpose.
TOM: What?
RAY: And by doing so, he ensures that one of the better shooters, Mr. Black or Mr. Brown will be eliminated. Now neither of them is going to waste a shot at Mr. White, right? He's not that much of a threat.
TOM:TOM:
RAY: If he shoots wildly then Mr. Brown and Mr. Black have to go at each other. After Mr. White misses, Mr. Brown will obviously take aim at Mr. Black. If he misses then Mr. Black will return fire and kill Mr. Brown. But no matter what, it's now Mr. White's shot again. So by shooting into the air he guaranteed himself a second shot. He's still a lousy shot, one in three. But at least he gets to shoot first at the one and only opponent still standing.
TOM: Yeah.
RAY: Now for example if he shot at Mr. Brown and let's say, let's take the worst case scenario, let's say he got lucky and killed Mr. Brown.
TOM: Yeah. He's a goner.
RAY: Because Mr. Black is going to shoot next and he's going to kill him. But by shooting and missing he makes sure that Mr. Brown takes out Mr. Black or vice versa, and then it's his shot again. If he had killed Mr. Brown for example, he'd have no chance at a second shot. This way he's got 100% chance.
TOM: So even though he has only got one chance out of three, he might actually kill somebody. And then he's done for.
RAY: He's probably a goner. We didn't ask how he could ensure survival, we just asked how he could improve his chances and that's how he could do it.
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