>The "easiest" solution would simply be to wait a few billion years
Actually that is incorrect as there is no guarantee that every prisoner has been in the room at least once over any amount of time. Of course the probability will get higher and higher that everyone was in the room once if it was completely random but that probability will never be 100%.
I know of two legitimate answers to this problem, it took me awhile when I first heard it.
Actually that is incorrect as there is no guarantee that every prisoner has been in the room at least once over any amount of time. Of course the probability will get higher and higher that everyone was in the room once if it was completely random but that probability will never be 100%.
I know of two legitimate answers to this problem, it took me awhile when I first heard it.